How severe is CVE-2004-0210?

CVE-2004-0210 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.8 (HIGH). EPSS estimates a 7.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. It is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

CVE-2004-0210: Microsoft Windows Privilege Escalation

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

Microsoft Windows Privilege Escalation Vulnerability is confirmed as actively exploited and is listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Added to KEV

2022-03-03

Remediation due

2022-03-24

Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.

CISA notes
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-0210

Description

The POSIX component of Microsoft Windows NT and Windows 2000 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via certain parameters, possibly by modifying message length values and causing a buffer overflow.

Severity

CVSS 3.1 · CISA7.8 HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC · CISA-ADP

Exploitationactive

Automatableno

Technical impacttotal

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions
-	-	n/a

References

6 Links

Vendor advisories

MS04-020

Third-party advisories

Vulnerability databases

Record Details

Published

2004-07-14

Last updated

2025-10-22

Assigner (CNA)

mitre

Credited to

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