$ cve CVE-2004-0213 JSON

CVE-2004-0213 EXPLOIT

7.8

HIGH · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 20.1% (pctl 97)

Patch early

A public exploit exists.

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.

Scoring

CVSS	7.8 (HIGH, v3.1)
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS	20.07% — more likely to be exploited than 97% of all CVEs
Weakness	CWE-306
On CISA KEV	no
Public exploit	yes
Published	2004-08-06
Last modified	2026-06-16

Affected (1)

Vendor	Product
microsoft	windows 2000

Public exploits

Source	Title	Date
exploit-db	Microsoft Windows Server 2000 - Utility Manager All-in-One (MS04-019)	2004-07-20
exploit-db	Microsoft Windows Server 2000 - POSIX Subsystem Privilege Escalation (MS04-020)	2004-07-17
exploit-db	Microsoft Windows Server 2000 - Universal Language Utility Manager (MS04-019)	2004-07-17
exploit-db	Microsoft Windows Server 2000 - Utility Manager Privilege Escalation (MS04-019)	2004-07-14

References

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