CVE-2019-1053
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.
| Software | From | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| microsoft / windows_server_2008 | r2-sp1 | r2-sp1.x |
| microsoft / windows_server_2012 | r2 | r2.x |
| microsoft / windows_10 | 1607 | 1607.x |
| microsoft / windows_server_2008 | --sp2 | --sp2.x |
| microsoft / windows_7 | --sp1 | --sp1.x |
| microsoft / windows_10 | 1703 | 1703.x |
| microsoft / windows_10 | 1709 | 1709.x |
| microsoft / windows_10 | 1803 | 1803.x |
| microsoft / windows_server_2016 | 1803 | 1803.x |
| microsoft / windows_10 | 1809 | 1809.x |
| microsoft / windows_server_2016 | 1903 | 1903.x |
| microsoft / windows_10 | 1903 | 1903.x |
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