CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability
This vulnerability is actively exploited in the wild and listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.
Remediation Deadline: Dec 3, 2024
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.
EPSS — Exploit Probability
65.9%
Higher than 98.5% of all CVEs
Required Action
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/vulnerability/CVE-2024-49039 ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-49039
Risk Assessment
CRITICALIn CISA KEV
High EPSS
Ransomware
Details
- Severity
- High
- EPSS
- 65.9%
- CISA KEV
- Yes
- Ransomware
- Known
- Articles
- 0
Timeline
Published
Nov 12, 2024
Added to KEV
Nov 12, 2024
Remediation Due
Dec 3, 2024