Microsoft Windows Mount Manager Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

CheckOps priority index

4.0/10 Patch within 7 days

Severity6.6

Probability0.4

Exploitation2/5

Severity = CVSS. Probability = EPSS (FIRST). Exploitation = public signals: KEV, EUVD, ransomware, EPSS above 10 %, no account required.

EPSS · today 4.1% higher than 90.7% of CVEs

CVSS 3.1 6.6 AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:

Exploited for 1,623 days 25 May 2022

CISA due date 15 Jun 2022 for US federal agencies

Exploitation probability EPSS · FIRST

EPSS probability (%)Percentile among all CVEs

Exploitation signals 2 / 5

KEV catalog (CISA)25 May 2022
Exploited in EUVD (ENISA)25 May 2022
Used by ransomwareno
EPSS above 10 %4.1%
No account, over the networkno

What to do

Fix

Apply the vendor’s fix as soon as it is available.

CISA guidance: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Meanwhile

Take the service off the internet or restrict access to it, watch the logs and look for signs of compromise.

Manufacturers (CRA)

Exploited vulnerability in your product: early warning to ENISA within 24 h, then notification within 72 h (Article 14 of the Cyber Resilience Act). The CRA explained

Description ENISA EUVD

Mount Manager in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, Windows RT Gold and 8.1, and Windows 10 mishandles symlinks, which allows physically proximate attackers to execute arbitrary code by connecting a crafted USB device, aka "Mount Manager Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."

Affected products

Windows

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-264

Open source packages OSV

Affected libraries according to OSV, with fixed versions.

Timeline

15 Aug 2015
Published
25 May 2022
Exploitation reported (ENISA)
25 May 2022
Added to the KEV catalog
15 Jun 2022
CISA remediation due date

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