CVE-2004-0212
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…
- 10.0HighCVSS base score
- 63.5%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.8% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 2Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
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.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list 2 Exploit-DB entries for it.
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Exploit-DB2 entries
- Microsoft Windows XP - Task Scheduler '.job' Universal (MS04-022) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 368local, windowspublished 31 Jul 2004Verified
- Microsoft Windows Task Scheduler (XP/2000) - '.job' (MS04-022) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 353local, windowspublished 18 Jul 2004Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 4 months later
· 4 months later
Published
- 20 years later
· 20 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 63.5% · top 0.8% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
12
- 20040714 Unchecked buffer in mstask.dll (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- win-taskscheduler-bo(16591) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://www.ngssoftware.com/advisories/mstaskjob.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- TA04-196A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:3428 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1344 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 20040714 Microsoft Windows Task Scheduler '.job' Stack Overflow (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1964 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1781 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- VU#228028 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- MS04-022 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- 12060 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2004-0212 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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