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CVE-2004-0213
Utility Manager in Windows 2000 launches winhlp32.exe while Utility Manager is running with raised privileges, which allows local users to…
High7.8EPSS 20.1%
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- mitre
Description
Utility Manager in Windows 2000 launches winhlp32.exe while Utility Manager is running with raised privileges, which allows local users to gain system privileges via a "Shatter" style attack that sends a Windows message to cause Utility Manager to launch winhlp32 by directly accessing the context sensitive help and bypassing the GUI, then sending another message to winhlp32 in order to open a user-selected file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2003-0908.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 20.1% · top 2.5% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Weakness
Affected products
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References (6)
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:2495 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- TA04-196A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- VU#868580 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- win-utilitymanager-gain-privileges(16592) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20040713 Microsoft Window Utility Manager Local Elevation of Privileges (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- MS04-019 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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