CVE-2004-0213

Utility Manager in Windows 2000 launches winhlp32.exe while Utility Manager is running with...

7.8 HighPublic exploit

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.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Local
Complexity: Low
Privileges needed: Low
User interaction: None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: High
Integrity: High
Availability: High

Exploit likelihood

20.1%Up 12.1 points since Feb 4, 2022

What each source reports

NVD Score used 7.8

Record: CVE-2004-0213
CVSS 3.1: 7.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0: 7.2 HighAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness: CWE-306
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE List No score

Record: CVE-2004-0213
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2004-0213 No score

Record: EUVD-2004-0213
Updated: 2026-11-03

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-62vf-wrg7-5x68 7.8

Utility Manager in Windows 2000 launches winhlp32.exe while Utility Manager is running with...

Record: GHSA-62vf-wrg7-5x68
CVSS 3.1: 7.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness: CWE-306
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

microsoft windows 2000

Public exploits

Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.

Public exploits
Source	Link	Date
Exploit-DB	Microsoft Windows Server 2000 - Utility Manager Privilege Escalation (MS04-019)	2004-07-14
Exploit-DB	Microsoft Windows Server 2000 - POSIX Subsystem Privilege Escalation (MS04-020)	2004-07-17
Exploit-DB	Microsoft Windows Server 2000 - Universal Language Utility Manager (MS04-019)	2004-07-17
Exploit-DB	Microsoft Windows Server 2000 - Utility Manager All-in-One (MS04-019)	2004-07-20

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 3, 2026	aliases	EUVD
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2004-0213 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Microsoft Windows 2000, published July 14, 2004. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 20.1%, the 97th percentile. No source names a fixed version.