CVE-2024-49039Windows Task Scheduler Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- 8.8HighCVSS base score
- 14.2%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 3.4% of all CVEs
- YesKnown exploitedin CISA's KEV since 12 Nov 2024
- YesPublic exploitsa reference or SSVC says so
Description
Windows Task Scheduler Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Exploited in the wild
CISA lists this vulnerability in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog as Microsoft Windows Task Scheduler Privilege Escalation Vulnerability.
- Added
- 12 Nov 2024
- Fix due (US federal)
- 3 Dec 2024
- Used by ransomware
- Known
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
ENISA's EU Vulnerability Database lists it as exploited, from CISA's KEV, since 12 Nov 2024.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. CISA's SSVC rates its exploitation: it is being exploited.
Timeline
ID reserved
By microsoft
- 32 days later
· 32 days later
Published
Added to CISA KEV
Known exploited, also by ransomware
- 21 months later
· 21 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| microsoftCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:F/RL:O/RC:C |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 14.2% · top 3.4% of all CVEs (14 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: active · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.8.
Affected products
Microsoft · Windows Server 2025
- affected 10.0.26100.0 – < 10.0.26100.2314
Microsoft · Windows Server 2025 (Server Core installation)
- affected 10.0.26100.0 – < 10.0.26100.2314
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 1809
- affected 10.0.17763.0 – < 10.0.17763.6532
Microsoft · Windows Server 2019
- affected 10.0.17763.0 – < 10.0.17763.6532
Microsoft · Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)
- affected 10.0.17763.0 – < 10.0.17763.6532
Microsoft · Windows Server 2022
- affected 10.0.20348.0 – < 10.0.20348.2849
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 21H2
- affected 10.0.19043.0 – < 10.0.19044.5131
Microsoft · Windows 11 version 22H2
- affected 10.0.22621.0 – < 10.0.22621.4460
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 22H2
- affected 10.0.19045.0 – < 10.0.19045.5131
Microsoft · Windows 11 version 22H3
- affected 10.0.22631.0 – < 10.0.22631.4460
Microsoft · Windows 11 Version 23H2
- affected 10.0.22631.0 – < 10.0.22631.4460
Microsoft · Windows Server 2022, 23H2 Edition (Server Core installation)
- affected 10.0.25398.0 – < 10.0.25398.1251
Microsoft · Windows 11 Version 24H2
- affected 10.0.26100.0 – < 10.0.26100.2314
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 1507
- affected 10.0.10240.0 – < 10.0.10240.20826
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 1607
- affected 10.0.14393.0 – < 10.0.14393.7515
Microsoft · Windows Server 2016
- affected 10.0.14393.0 – < 10.0.14393.7515
Microsoft · Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)
- affected 10.0.14393.0 – < 10.0.14393.7515
References
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- CISA KEV catalog (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2024-43910 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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