Parse Windows shortcut (.lnk) files to determine target paths, access times, and volume information. Answers: What files did the user access recently? What were the original file locations?
AI agents call user_parse_lnk_files to retrieve information from Windows Forensics MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool reads and parses .lnk shortcut files to extract forensic metadata such as target paths, access times, and volume information. It performs no writes, deletions, or execution — purely a read/parse operation. Severity is medium because it can reveal sensitive information about user activity, file access history, and system structure, which could be misused in a forensic or adversarial context.
From the tool's definition Parse Windows shortcut (.lnk) files to determine target paths, access times, and volume information
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access user_parse_lnk_files gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Windows Forensics MCP Server, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for user_parse_lnk_files:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"user_parse_lnk_files": {}
}
}user_parse_lnk_files is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Parse Windows shortcut (.lnk) files to determine target paths, access times, and volume information. Answers: What files did the user access recently? What were the original file locations?. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Windows Forensics MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Windows Forensics MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for user_parse_lnk_files: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches Windows Forensics MCP Server. Nothing to install.
user_parse_lnk_files is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the user_parse_lnk_files rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for user_parse_lnk_files. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.
user_parse_lnk_files is provided by the Windows Forensics MCP Server MCP server (x746b/winforensics-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from Windows Forensics MCP Server, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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