CVE-2019-1069

HIGHCISA KEV

7.8

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.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score7.8

SeverityHIGH

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack VectorLOCAL

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredLOW

User InteractionNONE

Published6/12/2019

Last Modified10/29/2025

Sourcekev

Honeypot Sightings0

CISA KEV

VendorMicrosoft

ProductTask Scheduler

Vulnerability NameMicrosoft Task Scheduler Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

KEV Date Added2022-03-15

Remediation Due Date2022-04-05

Ransomware UseKnown

Affected Products

microsoft:windows_10_1507microsoft:windows_10_1607microsoft:windows_10_1703microsoft:windows_10_1709microsoft:windows_10_1803microsoft:windows_10_1809microsoft:windows_10_1903microsoft:windows_server_1803microsoft:windows_server_1903microsoft:windows_server_2016microsoft:windows_server_2019

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-59CWE-59

References

https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2019-1069(secure@microsoft.com)

https://blog.0patch.com/2019/06/another-task-scheduler-0day-another.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-1069(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/119704(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2019-1069(134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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