CVE-2004-0213
HIGHMicrosoft Windows 2000 - Missing Authentication
Title source: ruleDescription
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.
Exploits (4)
exploitdb
WORKING POC
VERIFIED
by Cesar Cerrudo · clocalwindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/350
References (6)
Scores
CVSS v3
7.8
EPSS
0.0236
EPSS Percentile
85.0%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-306
Status
published
Products (1)
microsoft/windows_2000
(3 CPE variants)
Published
Aug 06, 2004
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026