CVE-2024-49039
What it is
Windows Task Scheduler Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
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
- 2024-11-12 Exploited in the wildAdded to CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- 2024-12-03 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: 14.2% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 8.8 HIGH (CVSS).
- Fix: a patch or advisory is linked.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Added to CISA KEV
- 2024-11-12
- Exploit probability
- 14.2% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-287 · Improper authentication
- Record status
- Analyzed
Affected
- Microsoft Windows 10 1507 < 10.0.10240.20826
- Microsoft Windows 10 1607 < 10.0.14393.7515
- Microsoft Windows 10 1809 < 10.0.17763.6532
- Microsoft Windows 10 21h2 < 10.0.19044.5131
- Microsoft Windows 10 22h2 < 10.0.19045.5131
- Microsoft Windows 11 22h2 < 10.0.22621.4460
- Microsoft Windows 11 23h2 < 10.0.22631.4460
- Microsoft Windows 11 24h2 < 10.0.26100.2314
Attack profile CVSS 3.1 · 8.8
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Is it in your code?
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