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.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 4
- Microsoft Windows Server 2000 - Utility Manager All-in-One (MS04-019) EDB-355 · local · Jul 20, 2004 · verified
- Microsoft Windows Server 2000 - POSIX Subsystem Privilege Escalation (MS04-020) EDB-351 · local · Jul 17, 2004 · verified
- Microsoft Windows Server 2000 - Universal Language Utility Manager (MS04-019) EDB-352 · local · Jul 17, 2004 · verified
- Microsoft Windows Server 2000 - Utility Manager Privilege Escalation (MS04-019) EDB-350 · local · Jul 14, 2004 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:2495 vdb-entry signature
- TA04-196A third-party-advisory
- VU#868580 third-party-advisory
- win-utilitymanager-gain-privileges(16592) vdb-entry
- 20040713 Microsoft Window Utility Manager Local Elevation of Privileges mailing-list
- MS04-019 vendor-advisory