CVE-2024-49039: CWE-287: Improper Authentication in Microsoft Windows Server 2025
Windows Task Scheduler Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability, identified as CWE-287 (Improper Authentication), affects Windows Server 2025 version 10.0.26100.0. It involves the Windows Task Scheduler component, where improper authentication can lead to elevation of privilege. The CVSS 3.1 base score is 8.8, indicating high severity, with attack vector local, low complexity, low privileges required, no user interaction, and scope changed. Confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts are all high. Microsoft has published an official fix for this vulnerability.
Potential Impact
An attacker with local access and limited privileges could exploit this vulnerability to elevate their privileges, potentially gaining full control over the affected system. This could lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the system.
Mitigation Recommendations
An official fix is available from Microsoft. Administrators should apply the security update provided in the Microsoft advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-49039 to remediate this vulnerability.
CVE-2024-49039: CWE-287: Improper Authentication in Microsoft Windows Server 2025
Description
Windows Task Scheduler Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
CVSS v3.1
Score 8.8high
Affected software
Weaknesses
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This vulnerability, identified as CWE-287 (Improper Authentication), affects Windows Server 2025 version 10.0.26100.0. It involves the Windows Task Scheduler component, where improper authentication can lead to elevation of privilege. The CVSS 3.1 base score is 8.8, indicating high severity, with attack vector local, low complexity, low privileges required, no user interaction, and scope changed. Confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts are all high. Microsoft has published an official fix for this vulnerability.
Potential Impact
An attacker with local access and limited privileges could exploit this vulnerability to elevate their privileges, potentially gaining full control over the affected system. This could lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the system.
Mitigation Recommendations
An official fix is available from Microsoft. Administrators should apply the security update provided in the Microsoft advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-49039 to remediate this vulnerability.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.1
- Assigner Short Name
- microsoft
- Date Reserved
- 2024-10-11T20:57:49.186Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- official-fix
- Vendor Advisory Urls
- [{"url":"https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-49039","vendor":"Microsoft"}]
Threat ID: 68f7d9b5247d717aace26b67
Added to database: 10/21/2025, 19:06:29 UTC
Last enriched: 08/04/2026, 13:19:18 UTC
Last updated: 09/10/2026, 19:36:48 UTC
Views: 181
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