CVE-2024-26238
Microsoft PLUGScheduler Scheduled Task Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Microsoft PLUGScheduler Scheduled Task Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Microsoft PLUGScheduler Scheduled Task Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Microsoft PLUGScheduler Scheduled Task Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Record
CVE-2024-26238- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Weakness
- CWE-59
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-23514
Microsoft PLUGScheduler Scheduled Task Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Record
EUVD-2024-23514- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-5977-vhpg-p3hq
Microsoft PLUGScheduler Scheduled Task Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Microsoft PLUGScheduler Scheduled Task Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Record
GHSA-5977-vhpg-p3hq- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-59
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Microsoft PLUGScheduler Scheduled Task Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Record
CVE-2024-26238- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-59
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2024-26238 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Microsoft Windows 10 Version 21h2, published May 14, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.82%, the 57th percentile. No source names a fixed version.