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CVE-2024-49039

high

Description

Windows Task Scheduler Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

From the Tenable Blog

Microsoft’s November 2024 Patch Tuesday Addresses 87 CVEs (CVE-2024-43451, CVE-2024-49039)
Microsoft’s November 2024 Patch Tuesday Addresses 87 CVEs (CVE-2024-43451, CVE-2024-49039)

Published: 2024-11-12

Microsoft addresses 87 CVEs and one advisory (ADV240001) in its November 2024 Patch Tuesday release, with four critical vulnerabilities and four zero-day vulnerabilities, including two that were exploited in the wild.

References

https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-49039

https://thehackernews.com/2025/04/google-reports-75-zero-days-exploited.html

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/mozilla-warns-windows-users-of-critical-firefox-sandbox-escape-flaw/

https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2024/11/26/romcom-backdoor-cve-2024-9680-cve-2024-49039/

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/firefox-and-windows-zero-days-exploited-by-russian-romcom-hackers/

https://thehackernews.com/2024/11/romcom-exploits-zero-day-firefox-and.html

https://securityaffairs.com/170851/hacking/microsoft-patch-tuesday-november-2024.html

https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2024/11/12/cve-2024-43451-cve-2024-49039/

https://www.darkreading.com/cloud-security/2-zero-day-bugs-microsoft-nov-update-active-exploit

https://securelist.com/vulnerabilities-and-exploits-in-q4-2024/115761/

https://www.securityweek.com/microsoft-confirms-zero-day-exploitation-of-task-scheduler-flaw/

https://www.tenable.com/blog/microsoft-patch-tuesday-2024-year-in-review

https://www.tenable.com/blog/microsofts-november-2024-patch-tuesday-addresses-87-cves-cve-2024-43451-cve-2024-49039

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2024-11-12

Updated: 2024-11-14

Named Vulnerability: Windows Task Scheduler Elevation of Privilege VulnerabilityKnown Exploited Vulnerability (KEV)

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.30614