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Vigil@nce - Windows: privilege escalation via Mount Manager
October 2015 by Vigil@nce
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SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can plug a malicious USB device in Windows, in order
to escalate his privileges.
Impacted products: Windows 2008 R0, Windows 2008 R2, Microsoft
Windows 2012, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows RT, Windows Vista.
Severity: 2/4.
Creation date: 11/08/2015.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
The Windows product uses the Mount Manager component to manage USB
mounting.
However, symbolic links are incorrectly processed, which leads to
the creation of a file on the computer, which is then run with
system privileges.
An attacker can therefore plug a malicious USB device in Windows,
in order to escalate his privileges.
ACCESS TO THE COMPLETE VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
http://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Windows-privilege-escalation-via-Mount-Manager-17635
