Security feature bypass through shortcut file handling
Published Jun 10, 2025 · Updated Feb 20, 2026
Security feature bypass in Microsoft Windows Shell allows remote attackers to bypass shortcut-file protections after user interaction. Microsoft has not disclosed the Shell locus or the operation that mishandles attacker-controlled shortcut content. A user must interact with the content; the documented consequence is limited modification and service interruption, not data disclosure.
Summary
What happened
Security feature bypass in Microsoft Windows Shell allows remote attackers to bypass shortcut-file protections after user interaction. Microsoft has not disclosed the Shell locus or the operation that mishandles attacker-controlled shortcut content. A user must interact with the content; the documented consequence is limited modification and service interruption, not data disclosure.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-47160
- Published
- Jun 10, 2025
- Updated
- Feb 20, 2026
- Vendor
- Microsoft
- Product
- Windows 10 Version 1507
- Classifications
- CWE-693, T1204.002
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jun 10, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Feb 20, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=10.0.10240.0 <10.0.10240.21034
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