PT-2019-2600 · Microsoft · Windows

Published 2019-06-11 · Updated 2020-08-24 · CVE-2019-1053

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.2

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Windows (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to an elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Windows Shell, which fails to properly validate folder shortcuts. This vulnerability can be exploited by an attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

LPE

Link Following

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-59

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

BDU:2019-02480

CVE-2019-1053

Affected Products

Windows

References · 8

• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2019-02480 · Security Note
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-1053 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-1053 · Security Note
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/advisory/CVE-2019-1053 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-1053 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-1053 · Security Note
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2019-1053 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/defcon_news/16268 · Telegram Post