Vulnerability Intelligence

🛡 CVE-2024-49039

Microsoft Windows Task Scheduler Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Microsoft Windows CWE-287

Ransomware use

KNOWN
CISA KEV

EPSS

13.7%
Elevated · 96th pct

Added to KEV

2024-11-12
CISA

Remediate by

2024-12-03
⚠ OVERDUE

CWE

CWE-287
weakness

📈 EPSS exploit probability

13.7%
FIRST EPSS — 30-day probability of exploitation in the wild · band Elevated · higher than 96% of all scored CVEs

⚠ KEV remediation overdue

CISA required federal remediation by 2024-12-03. This exploited vulnerability is past its Binding Operational Directive 22-01 due date — prioritize patch/mitigation and hunt for exploitation.

📄 Description

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.

🏹 Attributed exploitation

Malware / ransomware (KEV): ransomware (KEV-flagged)

Malware pivots: 🦠 ransomware 🦠 ransomware (KEV-flagged)

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