CVE-2019-1053
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)
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References (2)
Source: secure@microsoft.com
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
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