Vulnerabilities > CVE-2004-0213 - Missing Authentication for Critical Function vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 2000

047910
CVSS 7.8 - HIGH
Attack vector
LOCAL
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
LOW
Confidentiality impact
HIGH
Integrity impact
HIGH
Availability impact
HIGH
local
low complexity
microsoft
CWE-306
nessus
exploit available

Summary

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.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
OS
Microsoft
3

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

  • Choosing a Message/Channel Identifier on a Public/Multicast Channel
    Attackers aware that more data is being fed into a multicast or public information distribution means can 'select' information bound only for another client, even if the distribution means itself forces users to authenticate in order to connect initially. Doing so allows the attacker to gain access to possibly privileged information, possibly perpetrate other attacks through the distribution means by impersonation. If the channel/message being manipulated is an input rather than output mechanism for the system, (such as a command bus), this style of attack could change its identifier from a less privileged to more so privileged channel or command.
  • Using Unpublished Web Service APIs
    An attacker searches for and invokes Web Services APIs that the target system designers did not intend to be publicly available. If these APIs fail to authenticate requests the attacker may be able to invoke services and/or gain privileges they are not authorized for.
  • Manipulating Writeable Terminal Devices
    This attack exploits terminal devices that allow themselves to be written to by other users. The attacker sends command strings to the target terminal device hoping that the target user will hit enter and thereby execute the malicious command with their privileges. The attacker can send the results (such as copying /etc/passwd) to a known directory and collect once the attack has succeeded.
  • Cross Site Request Forgery (aka Session Riding)
    An attacker crafts malicious web links and distributes them (via web pages, email, etc.), typically in a targeted manner, hoping to induce users to click on the link and execute the malicious action against some third-party application. If successful, the action embedded in the malicious link will be processed and accepted by the targeted application with the users' privilege level. This type of attack leverages the persistence and implicit trust placed in user session cookies by many web applications today. In such an architecture, once the user authenticates to an application and a session cookie is created on the user's system, all following transactions for that session are authenticated using that cookie including potential actions initiated by an attacker and simply "riding" the existing session cookie.

Exploit-Db

  • descriptionMS Windows 2000 Utility Manager Privilege Elevation Exploit (MS04-019). CVE-2004-0213. Local exploit for windows platform
    idEDB-ID:350
    last seen2016-01-31
    modified2004-07-14
    published2004-07-14
    reporterCesar Cerrudo
    sourcehttps://www.exploit-db.com/download/350/
    titleMicrosoft Windows 2000 - Utility Manager Privilege Elevation Exploit MS04-019
  • descriptionMS Windows 2000 Universal Language Utility Manager Exploit (MS04-019). CVE-2004-0213. Local exploit for windows platform
    idEDB-ID:352
    last seen2016-01-31
    modified2004-07-17
    published2004-07-17
    reporterkralor
    sourcehttps://www.exploit-db.com/download/352/
    titleMicrosoft Windows 2000 - Universal Language Utility Manager Exploit MS04-019
  • descriptionMS Windows 2K POSIX Subsystem Privilege Escalation Exploit (MS04-020). CVE-2004-0213. Local exploit for windows platform
    idEDB-ID:351
    last seen2016-01-31
    modified2004-07-17
    published2004-07-17
    reporterbkbll
    sourcehttps://www.exploit-db.com/download/351/
    titleMicrosoft Windows 2000 - POSIX Subsystem Privilege Escalation Exploit MS04-020
  • descriptionMS Windows 2k Utility Manager (All-In-One) Exploit (MS04-019). CVE-2004-0213. Local exploit for windows platform
    idEDB-ID:355
    last seen2016-01-31
    modified2004-07-20
    published2004-07-20
    reporterkralor
    sourcehttps://www.exploit-db.com/download/355/
    titleMicrosoft Windows 2000 - Utility Manager All-In-One Exploit MS04-019

Nessus

NASL familyWindows : Microsoft Bulletins
NASL idSMB_NT_MS04-019.NASL
descriptionThe remote host is running a version of the Utility Manager that could allow a local attacker to execute arbitrary code on the host, thus escalating his privileges and obtaining the full control of the remote system.
last seen2020-06-01
modified2020-06-02
plugin id13637
published2004-07-13
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2004-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/13637
titleMS04-019: Utility Manager Could Allow Code Execution (842526)

Oval

accepted2007-02-20T13:40:10.539-05:00
classvulnerability
contributors
  • nameJonathan Baker
    organizationThe MITRE Corporation
  • nameJohn Hoyland
    organizationCentennial Software
descriptionUtility 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.
familywindows
idoval:org.mitre.oval:def:2495
statusaccepted
submitted2004-07-13T12:00:00.000-04:00
titleWindows Utility Manager Shatter Message Vulnerability II
version67