CWE-64—Windows Shortcut Following (.LNK)

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released 2006-07-19 · last modified 2025-12-11

Metadata

CWE ID：
CWE-64
摘要：
Variant
结构：
Simple
状态：
Incomplete
发布日期：
2006-07-19
更新日期：
2025-12-11

名称

Windows Shortcut Following (.LNK)

描述

The product, when opening a file or directory, does not sufficiently handle when the file is a Windows shortcut (.LNK) whose target is outside of the intended control sphere. This could allow an attacker to cause the product to operate on unauthorized files.

常见后果

范围：
Confidentiality, Integrity
影响：
Read Files or Directories, Modify Files or Directories
注释：
The shortcut (file with the .lnk extension) can permit an attacker to read/write a file that they originally did not have permissions to access.

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