CVE-2024-49039High· 8.8▾ Abyssal⚠ Exploited in the wild0dayPoC availableWindows Task Scheduler Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
▾ Abyssal zone — Critical with a public exploit or in-the-wild use
impact 48.4 · likelihood 2.8 · exploitation 25 · ransomware 5
A public proof-of-concept already exists for this vulnerability — see Exploit availability below.
Public exploit / PoC code seen in 1 source. Availability, not in-the-wild use.
Exploit-prediction probability, daily snapshots since Aug 4.
Disclosure to exploitation, from the record and what we observed since indexing it.
Disclosed via NVD
Federal remediation due Dec 3, 2024
Last analysed / modified upstream
14%
14% → 14%
2 GitHub repos
Added to the CISA catalog on Nov 12, 2024. Federal remediation due Dec 3, 2024. View catalog ↗
Windows Task Scheduler Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
windows_10_1507 < 10.0.10240.20826windows_10_1607 < 10.0.14393.7515windows_10_1809 < 10.0.17763.6532windows_10_21h2 < 10.0.19044.5131windows_10_22h2 < 10.0.19045.5131windows_11_22h2 < 10.0.22621.4460windows_11_23h2 < 10.0.22631.4460windows_11_24h2 < 10.0.26100.2314windows_server_2016 < 10.0.14393.7515windows_server_2019 < 10.0.17763.6532windows_server_2022 < 10.0.20348.2849windows_server_2022_23h2 < 10.0.25398.1251windows_server_2025 < 10.0.26100.2314Upgrade past the affected range:
windows_10_1507 10.0.10240.20826windows_10_1607 10.0.14393.7515windows_10_1809 10.0.17763.6532windows_10_21h2 10.0.19044.5131windows_10_22h2 10.0.19045.5131windows_11_22h2 10.0.22621.4460windows_11_23h2 10.0.22631.4460windows_11_24h2 10.0.26100.2314windows_server_2016 10.0.14393.7515windows_server_2019 10.0.17763.6532windows_server_2022 10.0.20348.2849windows_server_2022_23h2 10.0.25398.1251windows_server_2025 10.0.26100.2314Field changes observed since this record was first indexed.
Connected by shared product, vendor, weakness, or advisory.
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