Microsoft Windows Task Scheduler Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Microsoft — Windows
- Added to KEV catalog
- 12 November 2024
- Federal remediation due date
- 3 December 2024
- Weakness classification (CWE)
- CWE-287
CISA Description
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.
Required action
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Notes
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/vulnerability/CVE-2024-49039 ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-49039
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