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CVE-2024-49039: Microsoft Windows Task Scheduler Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

criticalknown exploitedpublic exploitCVE-2024-49039
Actively exploited. At least one CVE in this advisory is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog — exploitation has been observed in the wild. Treat remediation as urgent.
Microsoft Windows Task Scheduler contains a privilege escalation vulnerability that can allow an attacker-provided, local application to escalate privileges outside of its AppContainer, and access privileged RPC functions.

CSIRTS triage

vendor: Microsoftproduct: WindowsPrivilege escalation
What
Microsoft Windows Task Scheduler contains a privilege escalation vulnerability that can allow an attacker to escalate privileges outside of its AppContainer.
Who is affected
Local applications running on affected versions of Microsoft Windows.
Urgency
Immediate remediation is necessary as the vulnerability is actively exploited and rated critical.
Action
Install the security update provided by Microsoft.

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Details

Source
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (US · database · site)
Severity
critical
Published
2024-11-12
Exploitation
Observed in the wild (CISA KEV)

Original advisory: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-49039

Exploitation outlook

EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.

Referenced CVEs

CVECSIRTS overviewExternal
CVE-2024-49039coverage & exploitation statusNVD · CVE.org

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