CVE-2019-1069

Known Exploited Vulnerability

Microsoft Task Scheduler Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Vendor / product: Microsoft / Task Scheduler

Description

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.

Weakness classification

• CWE-59: Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

Primary references

• secure@microsoft.com — Patch, Vendor Advisory
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Exploit, Third Party Advisory
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Patch, Vendor Advisory
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
• 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 — US Government Resource