{"id":"CVE-2019-1069","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2019-1069","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T19:02:28.699Z","title":"Microsoft Task Scheduler Privilege Escalation Vulnerability","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.\nTo exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would require unprivileged code execution on a victim system.\nThe security update addresses the vulnerability by correctly validating file operations.","published":"2019-06-12T14:29:04.000Z","lastModified":"2026-08-12T05:17:23.000Z","status":"Analyzed","sourceIdentifier":"secure@microsoft.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-59"],"affected":["microsoft/windows 10 1507","microsoft/windows 10 1607","microsoft/windows 10 1703","microsoft/windows 10 1709","microsoft/windows 10 1803","microsoft/windows 10 1809","microsoft/windows 10 1903","microsoft/windows server 1803","microsoft/windows server 1903","microsoft/windows server 2016","microsoft/windows server 2019"],"epss":{"score":0.06117,"percentile":0.93396,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":true,"dateAdded":"2022-03-15","dueDate":"2022-04-05","knownRansomwareCampaignUse":"Known","notes":"Apply updates per vendor instructions.\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-1069"},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 5 April 2022). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2019-1069","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"secure@microsoft.com"},{"url":"https://blog.0patch.com/2019/06/another-task-scheduler-0day-another.html","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-1069","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/119704","tags":["Third Party Advisory","US Government Resource"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2019-1069","tags":["US Government Resource"],"source":"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-1069","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}