critical Known exploitedREV. 01
CVE-2024-49039Windows Task Scheduler — escape from the application container
The Windows Task Scheduler lets an application supplied by the attacker step outside its container and call privileged remote procedure functions (RPC), raising its privileges on the machine.
Read the risk
THE VITAL STATS- CVSS score
- 8.8/ 10 CVSS v3.1
- EPSS probability
- 14% Likelihood of exploitation
- Attack complexity
- Low Conditions needed to exploit
- Known exploited
- Yes — CISA KEV
- CVE published
- 2024-11-12
- Added to KEV
- 2024-11-12
- Exploit published
- Not recorded
- Confidence
- high
- Kill chain
- privilege escalation
- MITRE ATT&CK
- —
- Severity
- critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attacker needsThe ability to get a low-privileged application running on the machine.
Behind the card
3 REFERENCES- 01CVE recordNVD recordnvd.nist.gov
- 02CISACISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogcisa.gov
- 03Vendor advisorymsrc.microsoft.commsrc.microsoft.com
Field-level provenanceTRACE THE SOURCES +
Which source supports each field, when it was retrieved, and who extracted it.
| Fields | Source | Retrieved | Extractor | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cvss, exploitation.attack_complexity, exploitation.exploit_available, references, published_at | nvd.nist.gov | 2026-09-24 | scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1 | high |
| exploitation.known_exploited, exploitation.kev_added | cisa.gov | 2026-09-24 | scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1 | high |
| epss | api.first.org | 2026-09-24 | scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1 | high |
| title, summary, severity, remediation, mitre_attack, kill_chain, recommended_action, confidence, tags, exploitation.prerequisites | nvd.nist.gov | 2026-09-24 | claude-code | high |
Printing history
THE RECORD- r1Initial base card
First printing. This card has not been reprinted since publication.