Nov 2024: Windows Task Scheduler Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
CVE-2024-49039 Published on November 12, 2024

Windows Task Scheduler Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Windows Task Scheduler Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Vendor Advisory NVD

Known Exploited Vulnerability

This Microsoft Windows Task Scheduler Privilege Escalation Vulnerability is part of CISA's list of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities. 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.

The following remediation steps are recommended / required by December 3, 2024: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Weakness Type

What is an authentification Vulnerability?

When an actor claims to have a given identity, the software does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct.

CVE-2024-49039 has been classified to as an authentification vulnerability or weakness.

Products Associated with CVE-2024-49039

Want to know whenever a new CVE is published for Microsoft products? stack.watch will email you.

Microsoft Windows

Microsoft Windows Server 2025

Microsoft Windows Server 2019

Microsoft Windows Server 2022

Microsoft Windows 11

Microsoft Windows 10

Microsoft Windows 11 23h2

Microsoft Windows Server 2022 23h2

Microsoft Windows 11 24h2

Microsoft Windows 10 1507

Microsoft Windows Server 2016

Microsoft Windows Server 23h2

Affected Versions

Microsoft Windows Server 2025:

Version 10.0.26100.0 and below 10.0.26100.2314 is affected.

Microsoft Windows Server 2025 (Server Core installation):

Version 10.0.26100.0 and below 10.0.26100.2314 is affected.

Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1809:

Version 10.0.17763.0 and below 10.0.17763.6532 is affected.

Microsoft Windows Server 2019:

Version 10.0.17763.0 and below 10.0.17763.6532 is affected.

Microsoft Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation):

Version 10.0.17763.0 and below 10.0.17763.6532 is affected.

Microsoft Windows Server 2022:

Version 10.0.20348.0 and below 10.0.20348.2849 is affected.

Microsoft Windows 10 Version 21H2:

Version 10.0.19043.0 and below 10.0.19044.5131 is affected.

Microsoft Windows 11 version 22H2:

Version 10.0.22621.0 and below 10.0.22621.4460 is affected.

Microsoft Windows 10 Version 22H2:

Version 10.0.19045.0 and below 10.0.19045.5131 is affected.

Microsoft Windows 11 version 22H3:

Version 10.0.22631.0 and below 10.0.22631.4460 is affected.

Microsoft Windows 11 Version 23H2:

Version 10.0.22631.0 and below 10.0.22631.4460 is affected.

Microsoft Windows Server 2022, 23H2 Edition (Server Core installation):

Version 10.0.25398.0 and below 10.0.25398.1251 is affected.

Microsoft Windows 11 Version 24H2:

Version 10.0.26100.0 and below 10.0.26100.2314 is affected.

Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1507:

Version 10.0.10240.0 and below 10.0.10240.20826 is affected.

Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1607:

Version 10.0.14393.0 and below 10.0.14393.7515 is affected.

Microsoft Windows Server 2016:

Version 10.0.14393.0 and below 10.0.14393.7515 is affected.

Microsoft Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation):

Version 10.0.14393.0 and below 10.0.14393.7515 is affected.

Exploit Probability

EPSS

65.91%

Percentile

98.48%

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) scores estimate the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. The percentile shows you how this score compares to all other vulnerabilities.