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
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 |