CVE-2019-1069
HIGHCISA KEVEPSS 93th pctlDescription
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.
CVSS v3 Vector
Exploitability
Impact
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploit Intelligence
High risk: more likely to be exploited than 93% of all known CVEs.
Microsoft Task Scheduler Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the way the Task Scheduler Service validates certain file operations.
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Remediation due: 2022-04-05
Associated with ransomware campaigns
References
- https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2019-1069
- https://blog.0patch.com/2019/06/another-task-scheduler-0day-another.html
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-1069
- https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/119704
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2019-1069
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