Cybersecurity Alerts

Microsoft Windows Task Scheduler Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

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.

Weakness Classification

CWE-287

References

• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/vulnerability/CVE-2024-49039
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-49039