An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Shell fails to validate folder shortcuts. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could elevate privileges by escaping a sandbox.
To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would require unprivileged execution on the victim system.
The security update addresses the vulnerability by correctly validating folder shortcuts.
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Description | An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Shell fails to validate folder shortcuts, aka 'Windows Shell Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'. | An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Shell fails to validate folder shortcuts. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could elevate privileges by escaping a sandbox. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would require unprivileged execution on the victim system. The security update addresses the vulnerability by correctly validating folder shortcuts. |
Title | Windows Shell Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: microsoft
Published: 2019-06-12T13:49:41
Updated: 2025-05-20T17:50:20.460Z
Reserved: 2018-11-26T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2019-1053

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Status : Modified
Published: 2019-06-12T14:29:04.103
Modified: 2025-05-20T18:15:41.687
Link: CVE-2019-1053

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