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CVE-2004-0213

HIGH CVSS: 7.8 Published: 2004-08-06 Modified: 2026-06-16

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.

Affected Platforms

Microsoft Windows 2000

Weakness Type

CWE-306

References