CVE-2019-1053 — 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 …
Published: 2019-06-12 · CVSS: 6.3 · CVSS 3.1
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.
Source: CVE Program · Revision 8b16575c39f1e1810c5e863010da073d2d3285e7