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Microsoft Windows 2000 Utility Manager Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory:	SA12051	Advisory Toolbox: Issue ticket Save in to-do list Mark as handled Exploit information Download as PDF Review actions Add comment
Release Date:	2004-07-13
Last Update:	2004-07-15
Popularity:	11,716 views

Critical:	Less critical
Impact:	Privilege escalation
Where:	Local system
Solution Status:	Vendor Patch

OS:	Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Microsoft Windows 2000 Server

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CVE reference:	CVE-2004-0213

Description: Cesar Cerrudo has discovered a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 2000, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges. The problem is that the Utility Manager invokes the help functionality ("winhlp32.exe") without dropping its privileges first. This can be exploited to execute an arbitrary application with SYSTEM privileges by sending a specially crafted message to the Utility Manager process. Solution: Apply patch. Microsoft Windows 2000 (requires SP2, SP3, or SP4): http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...-B51E-248D4FD8AF07&displaylang=en Provided and/or discovered by: Cesar Cerrudo Changelog: 2004-07-14: Added more information. 2004-07-15: Added link to US-CERT vulnerability note. Original Advisory: MS04-019 (KB842526): http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS04-019.mspx Other References: US-CERT VU#868580: http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/868580

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