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CVE-2019-1069

7.8 HIGH Known exploited Published 2019-06-12 Modified 2026-08-12 Official page ↗

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

Microsoft Task Scheduler Privilege Escalation Vulnerability — Microsoft Task Scheduler

A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the way the Task Scheduler Service validates certain file operations.

Added to KEV
2022-03-15
Remediation due
2022-04-05
Ransomware use
Known
Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Notes
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-1069
Status
Analyzed
Published
2019-06-12
Last modified
2026-08-12
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-59

Description

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.

Affected configurations

• 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 • microsoft windows server 1903 • microsoft windows server 2016 • microsoft windows server 2019

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access weakness

References