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CVE-2003-0908 is a local privilege-escalation vulnerability in the Microsoft Windows 2000 Utility Manager. Utility Manager invokes Windows Help functionality with SYSTEM privileges. A local user can use a Shatter-style attack—sending crafted Windows GUI messages to access the Help interface's context-sensitive help and file-open functionality—to cause arbitrary code execution in the elevated security context. This issue is distinct from CVE-2004-0213, which bypassed GUI-enforced protections for this flaw.
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A Windows command-execution flaw caused by launching Help functionality with elevated privileges and exposing an open-file dialog to Windows-message interaction.
A Windows command-execution vulnerability caused by launching Help functionality with raised privileges and allowing interaction with an open-file dialog through Windows messages.
A vulnerability whose GUI-enforced protection is described as being bypassed through a Shatter attack in the cited observed example.
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Cross-references every affected SKU, including bundled OEM variants.
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