CVE-2004-0213

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-306 Missing Authentication for Critical Function
Publication date:
06/08/2004
Last modified:
03/04/2025

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.

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:-:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:-:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:-:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*