CVE-2024-490398.8HighCWE-287

CVE-2024-49039: Windows Task Scheduler Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Microsoft · Windows Server 2025

Vendor fix available · Affected: Microsoft Windows Server 2025 · Exploitation: in CISA KEV since 12 Nov 2024

Known ransomware use

Not in CyberSIXT coverage yet: no article names this CVE. This page shows the public record.

ExploitationIn CISA KEV

In CISA KEVCISA KEV catalogue12 Nov 2024
Exploited (reported): not seen
Scanning observed: not seen
Proof of concept public: not seen
Not established: not seen

14.2%probability of exploitation in the next 30 days

96th percentile

050100

Higher than 96% of scored CVEs

8.8HighCVSS 3.1

LowMediumHighCrit.

DescriptionCVE.org

Windows Task Scheduler Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Affected products17

From the CVE record. A product or version that is not listed is unknown, not unaffected.

Microsoft · Windows Server 2025from 10.0.26100.0 before 10.0.26100.2314
Microsoft · Windows Server 2025 (Server Core installation)from 10.0.26100.0 before 10.0.26100.2314
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 1809from 10.0.17763.0 before 10.0.17763.6532
Microsoft · Windows Server 2019from 10.0.17763.0 before 10.0.17763.6532
Microsoft · Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)from 10.0.17763.0 before 10.0.17763.6532
Microsoft · Windows Server 2022from 10.0.20348.0 before 10.0.20348.2849
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 21H2from 10.0.19043.0 before 10.0.19044.5131
Microsoft · Windows 11 version 22H2from 10.0.22621.0 before 10.0.22621.4460
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 22H2from 10.0.19045.0 before 10.0.19045.5131
Microsoft · Windows 11 version 22H3from 10.0.22631.0 before 10.0.22631.4460
Microsoft · Windows 11 Version 23H2from 10.0.22631.0 before 10.0.22631.4460
Microsoft · Windows Server 2022, 23H2 Edition (Server Core installation)from 10.0.25398.0 before 10.0.25398.1251
Microsoft · Windows 11 Version 24H2from 10.0.26100.0 before 10.0.26100.2314
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 1507from 10.0.10240.0 before 10.0.10240.20826
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 1607from 10.0.14393.0 before 10.0.14393.7515
Microsoft · Windows Server 2016from 10.0.14393.0 before 10.0.14393.7515
Microsoft · Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)from 10.0.14393.0 before 10.0.14393.7515

On the Atlas

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Exploitation: Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue.
CISA KEV: Listed since 12 Nov 2024 · known ransomware use · catalogue entry
Public check: No public nuclei template
Weakness: Improper Authentication · Authentication
Vendor: Microsoft
Published: November 2024
Band: Exploited in the wild, November 2024

What changed

5 Nov
CISA’s KEV entry now notes known ransomware use CISA
12 Nov 2024
CISA added it to the KEV catalogue CISA

CoverageNo articles yet

No CyberSIXT article names CVE-2024-49039 yet, so there is no coverage timeline, action brief or change log for it. Everything on this page comes from the public CVE record, CISA KEV, EPSS and the nuclei template index. Search the archive or see the CVEs in the news.