March 15, 2022 · Applied Cybernetics Group
CVE-2019-1069 — Microsoft Task Scheduler
known ransomware use
Microsoft Task Scheduler Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
- Added to KEV
2022-03-15- Federal due date
2022-04-05- Vendor
- Microsoft
- Product
- Task Scheduler
- EPSS
- 97.0th percentile (score 0.325, as of
2026-06-08) - NVD CVSS v3.1
- —
- Ransomware use
- Known
- Upstream
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-1069
CISA short description
A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the way the Task Scheduler Service validates certain file operations.
Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.