CVE-2019-1069

7.8 HIGH CISA KEV - Actively Exploited
Published: June 12, 2019 Modified: October 29, 2025

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.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2019-1069
Source: secure@microsoft.com
Patch Vendor Advisory
https://blog.0patch.com/2019/06/another-task-scheduler-0day-another.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-1069
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/119704
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2019-1069
Source: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
US Government Resource

5 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
7.8 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
30.5%
97th percentile
Exploitation Status
Actively Exploited
Remediation due: 2022-04-05

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

microsoft