Task Scheduler Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

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. 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.

References

• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2019-1069