Security Advisory

CVE-2019-1053

CVE vulnerability detail — eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2019-06-12 13:49:41
Last updated 2025-05-20 17:50:20
Assigner microsoft
State PUBLISHED

Description

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.