CVE-2024-49039HighCVSS 8.8

Windows Task Scheduler Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Published
November 12, 2024
Last Modified
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🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2024-49039 →

📋 Description

How could an attacker exploit this vulnerability? To exploit this vulnerability, an authenticated attacker would need to run a specially crafted application on the target system exploit the vulnerability to elevate their privileges to a Medium Integrity Level.

According to the CVSS metric, successful exploitation could lead to a scope change (S:C). What does this mean for this vulnerability? In this case, a successful attack could be performed from a low privilege AppContainer. The attacker could elevate their privileges and execute code or access resources at a higher integrity level than that of the AppContainer execution environment.

What privileges could be gained by an attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability? An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could execute RPC functions that are restricted to privileged accounts only.

🎯 Affected products27

  • Windows 10 Version 1607 for 32-bit Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 1607 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 1809 for 32-bit Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 1809 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 21H2 for 32-bit Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 21H2 for ARM64-based Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 21H2 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 22H2 for 32-bit Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 22H2 for ARM64-based Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 22H2 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows 10 for 32-bit Systems
  • Windows 10 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows 11 Version 22H2 for ARM64-based Systems
  • Windows 11 Version 22H2 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows 11 Version 23H2 for ARM64-based Systems
  • Windows 11 Version 23H2 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows 11 Version 24H2 for ARM64-based Systems
  • Windows 11 Version 24H2 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows Server 2016
  • Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)
  • Windows Server 2019
  • Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)
  • Windows Server 2022
  • Windows Server 2022 (Server Core installation)
  • Windows Server 2022, 23H2 Edition (Server Core installation)
  • Windows Server 2025
  • Windows Server 2025 (Server Core installation)

✅ Remediation

KB5046617 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.26100.2314 KB5046696 (SecurityHotpatchUpdate) — fixed build 10.0.26100.2240 KB5046615 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.17763.6532 KB5046616 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.20348.2849 KB5046698 (SecurityHotpatchUpdate) — fixed build 10.0.20348.2819 KB5046613 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.19044.5131 KB5046633 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.22621.4460 KB5046613 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.19045.5131 KB5046633 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.22631.4460 KB5046618 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.25398.1251 KB5046665 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.10240.20826 KB5046612 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.14393.7515

🔗 References (21)