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 Jul 14, 2004
7.8
HIGHCVSS 3.1
EPSS 20.07%
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 products
No data.
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No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (14 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 20.07% (0.20070) | 97.38th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jul 20, 2026 | 20.07% (0.20070) | 97.16th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 22, 2026 | 21.26% (0.21261) | 97.28th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.65% (0.02654) | 83.64th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.73% (0.01731) | 81.21th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 2.18% (0.02178) | 89.02th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.86% (0.00860) | 83.00th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 15, 2024 | 1.20% (0.01195) | 84.72th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 20, 2024 | 0.59% (0.00587) | 75.88th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 21, 2023 | 0.16% (0.00158) | 51.23th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.06% (0.00056) | 21.14th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 8.01% (0.08006) | 93.30th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 8.01% (0.08006) | 92.67th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 8.01% (0.08006) | 81.84th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (6)
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108975382413405&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQMailing List
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/868580 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA04-196A.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTBroken LinkPatchThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2004/ms04-019 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSPatchVendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16592 vdb-entryx_refsource_XFThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2495 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALBroken Link
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108975382413405&w=2 | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQMailing List | |
| http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/868580 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource | |
| http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA04-196A.html | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTBroken LinkPatchThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource | |
| https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2004/ms04-019 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSPatchVendor Advisory | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16592 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XFThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2495 | vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALBroken Link |
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