Symbolic links can introduce vulnerabilities in certain applications. To mitigate this issue, you can selectively enable or disable the evaluation of these types of symbolic links: Local Link to a Local Target Local Link to a Remote Target Remote Link to Remote Target Remote Link to Local Target For further information please refer to the Windows Help section NOTE: If this policy is Disabled or Not Configured, local administrators may select the types of symbolic links to be evaluated. Fix: (1) GPO: Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\System\Filesystem!Selectively allow the evaluation of a symbolic link (2) REG: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Filesystems\NTFS!SymLinkState