CVE-2004-0213

7.8
HIGHCVSS v3.1 Base Score
20.07%
LOW RiskEPSS (97th percentile)

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.

Published: 8/6/2004
Modified: 6/16/2026
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Vulnerability Summary

CVSS v3 Score

7.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2 Score

7.2

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS Score (Exploitation Probability)

20.07%LOW Exploitation Risk
97th percentile

This vulnerability has a 20.07% probability of being exploited in the next 30 days, ranking higher than 97% of all scored CVEs.

CWE Classification

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