High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Aug 6, 2004· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2004-0213
CVE-2004-0213
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.
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Affected products
4cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:-:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 3 more
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:-:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:-:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:-:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)
Patches
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References
6- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA04-196A.htmlnvdBroken LinkPatchThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2004/ms04-019nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/868580nvdThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16592nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- marc.infonvdMailing List
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2495nvdBroken Link
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