Overview
Microsoft Windows Utility Manager contains a vulnerability that may permit an authenticated user to launch applications with elevated privileges.
Description
Microsoft Windows 2000's Utility Manager is a program that permits users to monitor and launch various accessibility applications. A vulnerability in the Utility Manager may permit an authenticated user to launch applications with "SYSTEM" privileges. |
Impact
An authenticated user can exploit this vulnerability to launch applications with "SYSTEM" privileges. |
Solution
Apply a patch from the vendor Microsoft Security Bulletin MS04-011 contains patch information to resolve this issue. |
Vendor Information
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CVSS Metrics
| Group | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|
| Base | ||
| Temporal | ||
| Environmental |
References
Acknowledgements
Thanks to Microsoft for reporting this vulnerability.
This document was written by Jason A Rafail.
Other Information
| CVE IDs: | CVE-2003-0908 |
| Severity Metric: | 18.56 |
| Date Public: | 2004-04-13 |
| Date First Published: | 2004-04-14 |
| Date Last Updated: | 2004-04-14 14:00 UTC |
| Document Revision: | 5 |