Defending against CVE-2015-1769: a logical issue exploited via a malicious USB stick

2015-08-1107:00:00

Microsoft Security Response Center

msrc.microsoft.com

7.2 High

CVSS2

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

COMPLETE

Integrity Impact

COMPLETE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

6.1 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

Low

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

49.8%

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Introduction Today Microsoft released update MS15-085 to address CVE-2015-1769, an important severity security issue in Mount Manager. It affects both client and server versions, from Windows Vista to Windows 10. The goal of this blog post is to provide information on the detection guidance to help defenders detect attempts to exploit this issue.