Auth bypass in Microsoft Windows 2000
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 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.
Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication
EPSS: 0.201 (97.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Microsoft Windows_2000
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- cve@mitre.org (Broken Link, x_refsource_OVAL, signature, vdb-entry)
- cve@mitre.org (US Government Resource, Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_CERT, Broken Link, third-party-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (US Government Resource, x_refsource_CERT-VN, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, Mailing List)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MS, vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2004-0213?
- CVE-2004-0213 is a high-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 2000, classified under Missing Authentication for Critical Function. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2004-08-06.
- How severe is CVE-2004-0213?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.