CVE-2004-0210
Microsoft Windows Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Does this matter?
Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 24 March 2022). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.
Description
The POSIX component of Microsoft Windows NT and Windows 2000 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via certain parameters, possibly by modifying message length values and causing a buffer overflow.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 7.21% probability · 94th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 16 July 2004
- CISA KEV
- Listed 3 March 2022 · due 24 March 2022
- Weakness
- CWE-120
- Affected
- microsoft/interix · microsoft/windows 2000 · microsoft/windows nt
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 7.2% since 30 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
CISA notes
Apply updates per vendor instructions. https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-0210
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/647436Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA04-196A.htmlBroken Link, Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2004/ms04-020Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16590Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2166Broken Link
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2847Broken Link
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/647436Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA04-196A.htmlBroken Link, Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2004/ms04-020Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16590Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2166Broken Link
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2847Broken Link
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2004-0210US Government Resource
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.