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CVE-2004-0210 Microsoft CVE debrief

CVE-2004-0210 is a Microsoft Windows privilege escalation vulnerability that CISA has included in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The KEV entry indicates organizations should apply updates per vendor instructions and prioritize affected Windows systems, especially where local privilege escalation would materially increase the impact of a compromise.

Vendor
Microsoft
Product
Windows
CVSS
Unknown
CISA KEV
Listed
Original CVE published
2022-03-03
Original CVE updated
2022-03-03
Advisory published
2022-03-03
Advisory updated
2022-03-03

Who should care

Windows administrators, endpoint security teams, vulnerability management owners, and incident responders should pay attention. Any organization running Microsoft Windows systems should verify exposure and remediate according to vendor guidance, with highest urgency for internet-facing, high-value, or broadly deployed endpoints.

Technical summary

The supplied source corpus identifies this issue only as a Microsoft Windows privilege escalation vulnerability. CISA’s KEV catalog records it as a known exploited vulnerability and directs organizations to apply updates per vendor instructions. No additional technical details, exploit conditions, or affected component breakdown are provided in the supplied sources.

Defensive priority

High. CISA KEV inclusion means the vulnerability is known to be exploited in the wild, so remediation should be prioritized over routine patch cycles. The supplied timeline lists 2022-03-03 as the KEV addition date and 2022-03-24 as the due date.

Recommended defensive actions

  • Identify Microsoft Windows assets that may be affected by CVE-2004-0210.
  • Review Microsoft vendor guidance and apply the recommended updates or mitigations.
  • Prioritize remediation on critical, widely used, and difficult-to-monitor Windows systems.
  • Confirm patch status through vulnerability management or endpoint inventory checks.
  • Monitor for signs of unauthorized privilege escalation activity on Windows hosts.
  • Track CISA KEV remediation deadlines and ensure this item is closed promptly.

Evidence notes

Evidence is limited to the supplied CISA KEV record, which names CVE-2004-0210 as a Microsoft Windows privilege escalation vulnerability and instructs: "Apply updates per vendor instructions." The provided metadata also references the NVD and CVE records as official links.

Sources and references

Verified primary and authoritative sources

  • CVE-2004-0210 CVE Program record

    Publisher, destination, and source semantics verified

    URL: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2004-0210

    CVE Program - Official CVE Program record with source-provided CVE metadata.

  • CVE-2004-0210 NVD vulnerability detail

    Publisher, destination, and source semantics verified

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

    NIST National Vulnerability Database - Official NIST NVD detail page and source-specific vulnerability assessment.

  • CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

    Publisher, destination, and source semantics verified

    URL: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog

    Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency - Official CISA catalog of vulnerabilities known to be exploited in the wild.

Supplemental references

  • Source item URL

    Unverified legacy reference

    URL: https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/feeds/known_exploited_vulnerabilities.json

    cisa_kev

Methodology and review provenance

AI-assisted synthesis based on stored public vulnerability evidence. System validation, approval state, and publication status do not by themselves establish human review of this revision. PatchSiren helps prioritize defensive review and does not prove exposure or remediation on any system.