When running Git in the Windows Subsystem for Linux (also known as "WSL") while accessing a working directory on a regular Windows drive, none of the NTFS protections were active. References: https://kernel.googlesource.com/pub/scm/git/git/+/refs/tags/v2.24.1/Documentation/RelNotes/2.14.6.txt CREATE(Triage):(User=admin) CVE-2019-1353 (https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-1353)