CVE-2019-1069

high-risk
Published 2019-06-12

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.

Do I need to act?

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30.1% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 70% of all CVEs
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CISA KEV: actively exploited in the wild
On the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog — federal agencies must patch
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 7.8/10 High
LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (11)

Affected Vendors

Microsoft

References (5)

Patch https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2019-1069
Exploit https://blog.0patch.com/2019/06/another-task-scheduler-0day-another.html
Patch https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-1069
Third Party Advisory https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/119704
US Government Resource https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2019-...
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high-risk
Severity 24/34 · High
Exploitability 22/34 · High
Exposure 16/34 · Moderate