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Vigil@nce - Windows: privilege escalation via Task Scheduler
March 2015 by Vigil@nce
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SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
A local attacker can use the Task Scheduler of Windows, in order
to escalate his privileges.
Impacted products: Windows 2008 R0, Windows 2008 R2, Microsoft
Windows 2012, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows RT
Severity: 2/4
Creation date: 10/03/2015
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
The Task Scheduler service of Windows runs programmed commands.
However, it does not check the impersonation level.
A local attacker can therefore use the Task Scheduler of Windows,
in order to escalate his privileges.
ACCESS TO THE COMPLETE VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
http://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Windows-privilege-escalation-via-Task-Scheduler-16372
