CVE-2004-0213
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…
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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 20.1%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
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.
- 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
- 20.07% probability · 97th percentile
- Public exploits
- 4 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 14 July 2004
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-306
- Affected
- microsoft/windows 2000
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 20.1% since 26 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.
Public exploits (4)
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.
| EDB-ID | Title | Type | Published | Verified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EDB-355source ↗ | Microsoft Windows Server 2000 - Utility Manager All-in-One (MS04-019)windows · kralor | local | 20 July 2004 | yes |
| EDB-352source ↗ | Microsoft Windows Server 2000 - Universal Language Utility Manager (MS04-019)windows · kralor | local | 17 July 2004 | yes |
| EDB-351source ↗ | Microsoft Windows Server 2000 - POSIX Subsystem Privilege Escalation (MS04-020)windows · bkbll | local | 17 July 2004 | yes |
| EDB-350source ↗ | Microsoft Windows Server 2000 - Utility Manager Privilege Escalation (MS04-019)windows · Cesar Cerrudo | local | 14 July 2004 | yes |
References
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108975382413405&w=2Mailing List
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/868580Third 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/ms04-019Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16592Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2495Broken Link
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108975382413405&w=2Mailing List
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/868580Third 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/ms04-019Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16592Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2495Broken Link
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.