Microsoft Mount Manager Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Last Update Date: 14 Aug 2015 Release Date: 12 Aug 2015 3886 Views

RISK: Medium Risk

TYPE: Operating Systems - Windows OS

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Mount Manager component improperly processes symbolic links. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could write a malicious binary to disk and execute it.

Impact

Elevation of Privilege

System / Technologies affected

Microsoft Windows Vista
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Microsoft Windows 7
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2
Microsoft Windows 8 and Windows 8.1
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2
Microsoft Windows 10

Solutions

Before installation of the software, please visit the software manufacturer web-site for more details.

Download location for patches:
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/security/MS15-085

Vulnerability Identifier

CVE-2015-1769

Source

Microsoft