CVE-2019-1069
What it is
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way the Task Scheduler Service validates certain file operations. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could gain elevated privileges on a victim system. To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would require unprivileged code execution on a victim system. The security update addresses the vulnerability by correctly validating file operations.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited locally on the machine with a low-privilege account. High risk of data exposure, data tampering, service disruption.
- In the wild
- CISA lists this as exploited in real attacks. Treat as urgent.
- Fix
- A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.
Timeline
- ReservedThe CVE id was reserved by its CNA
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- 2022-03-15 Exploited in the wildAdded to CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list
- 2022-04-05 Remediation deadlineCISA's due date for federal agencies to fix it
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: yes, CISA lists it. This puts it above everything that is not.
- Exploit odds: 6.2% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 7.8 HIGH (CVSS).
- Fix: a patch or advisory is linked.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Added to CISA KEV
- 2022-03-15
- Exploit probability
- 6.2% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-59
- Record status
- Analyzed
Affected
- Microsoft Windows 10 1507
- Microsoft Windows 10 1607
- Microsoft Windows 10 1703
- Microsoft Windows 10 1709
- Microsoft Windows 10 1803
- Microsoft Windows 10 1809
- Microsoft Windows 10 1903
- Microsoft Windows Server 1803
Attack profile CVSS 3.1 · 7.8
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Is it in your code?
Hand this to your coding agent. It searches your project for the affected products and checks versions. Nothing leaves your machine.
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Fix and advisories
- https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2019-1069
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-1069
References
- https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2019-1069
- https://blog.0patch.com/2019/06/another-task-scheduler-0day-another.html
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-1069
- https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/119704
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2019-1069