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CVE-2019-1053

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Published: Jun 12, 2019Modified: May 20, 2025

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8.8
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploitability: 2.0 / Impact: 6.0
Source: NVD (Secondary)

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.

Affected (19)

8 products
Windows 10
Windows 7
Windows 8.1
Windows Rt 8.1
Windows Server 2008
Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2019
Configuration A
19 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Microsoft
All versions
Version 1607
Version 1703
Version 1709
Version 1803
Version 1809
Version 1903
All versions
All versions
All versions
Microsoft
All versions
Version r2 sp1
Version r2 sp1
Microsoft
All versions
Version r2
Microsoft
All versions
Version 1803
Version 1903
All versions

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