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.
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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Affected Vendors & Products
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Workaround
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History
Tue, 20 May 2025 18:00:00 +0000
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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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cvssV3_1
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: microsoft
Published:
Updated: 2025-05-20T17:50:20.460Z
Reserved: 2018-11-26T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2019-1053
Vulnrichment
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NVD
Status : Modified
Published: 2019-06-12T14:29:04.103
Modified: 2025-05-20T18:15:41.687
Link: CVE-2019-1053
Redhat
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OpenCVE Enrichment
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