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Fencer Vulns
high 7.2

CVE-2003-0908 in the critical feed json

The Utility Manager in Microsoft Windows 2000 executes winhlp32.exe with system privileges, which allows local users to execute arbitrary c…

published 2004-04-16 22 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2003-0898

cvss
7.2
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
25.9%
EPSS 25.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 97%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

The Utility Manager in Microsoft Windows 2000 executes winhlp32.exe with system privileges, which allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a "Shatter" style attack using a Windows message that accesses the context sensitive help button in the GUI, as demonstrated using the File Open dialog in the Help window, a different vulnerability than CVE-2004-0213.

Patch / fix

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-271)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

25.94% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-271 Microsoft Windows Utility Manager - Local Privilege Escalation (MS04-011) local, 2004-04-15

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.2 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

References

Sources

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