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Microsoft Windows Task Scheduler Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Last Update Date: 15 Apr 2015 14:59 Release Date: 15 Apr 2015 3198 Views

RISK: Medium Risk

TYPE: Operating Systems - Windows OS

TYPE: Windows OS

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Task Scheduler due to a known invalid task being present on certain systems. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could cause Task Scheduler to run a specially crafted application in the context of the System account. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights.


Impact

  • Elevation of Privilege

System / Technologies affected

  • Windows 7
  • Windows Server 2008 R2

Solutions

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