CVE-2019-1069

CVE-2019-1069 is a high-severity vulnerability rated 7.8/10 on the CVSS scale. 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.. CISA has confirmed active exploitation in the wild. EPSS estimates a 6.17% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.