CVE-2010-3338: Microsoft Windows 7

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 21.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The Windows Task Scheduler in Microsoft Windows Vista SP1 and SP2, Windows Server 2008 Gold, SP2, and R2, and Windows 7 does not properly determine the security context of scheduled tasks, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka "Task Scheduler Vulnerability." NOTE: this might overlap CVE-2010-3888.

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows 7: affected versions not specified
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008: any version; affected versions not specified; version r2 only
• Microsoft Windows Vista: any version

Published 2010-12-16. Last modified 2026-06-16.