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CVE-2019-1069
- EPSS 29.84%
- Published 12.06.2019 14:29:04
- Last modified 21.05.2025 18:33:02
- Source secure@microsoft.com
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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.
Data is provided by the National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
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15.03.2022: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog
Microsoft Task Scheduler Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
VulnerabilityA privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the way the Task Scheduler Service validates certain file operations.
DescriptionApply updates per vendor instructions.
Required actionsType | Source | Score | Percentile |
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EPSS | FIRST.org | 29.84% | 0.965 |
Source | Base Score | Exploit Score | Impact Score | Vector string |
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nvd@nist.gov | 7.8 | 1.8 | 5.9 |
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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nvd@nist.gov | 7.2 | 3.9 | 10 |
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 | 7.8 | 1.8 | 5.9 |
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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secure@microsoft.com | 7.8 | 1.8 | 5.9 |
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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