CVE-2004-0212

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 63.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2004-07-14 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the Task Scheduler for Windows 2000 and XP, and Internet Explorer 6 on Windows NT 4.0, allows local or remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a .job file containing long parameters, as demonstrated using Internet Explorer and accessing a .job file on an anonymous share.

Affected products

Avaya Definity One Media Server: all versions
Avaya Ip600 Media Servers: all versions
Avaya Modular Messaging Message Storage Server: s3400
Avaya S8100: all versions
Microsoft Ie: 6.0-sp1
Microsoft Windows 2000: all versions
Microsoft Windows Nt: 4.0-sp6a
Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3: all versions

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108981273009250&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108981403025596&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/12060
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/228028
http://www.ngssoftware.com/advisories/mstaskjob.txt
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA04-196A.html
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2004/ms04-022
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16591
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1344
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1781
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1964
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A3428

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