Local privilege escalation via link following

Link following in Windows DHCP Server in Microsoft Windows allows local users to gain elevated privileges on affected Windows systems. Microsoft has disclosed only that DHCP Server follows a link before accessing a file, so attacker-controlled link targets can redirect privileged file operations; the specific file path and code path are not public. Exploitation requires local code execution with at least low privileges on a host running the DHCP Server role, and the published impact reaches confidentiality, integrity, and availability with the service's higher privileges.