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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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C'}


cve-icon MITRE

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

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-06-12T14:29:04.103

Modified: 2025-05-20T18:15:41.687

Link: CVE-2019-1053

cve-icon Redhat

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