CVE-2001-0006

published 2001-02-12

CVE-2001-0006: The Winsock2ProtocolCatalogMutex mutex in Windows NT 4.0 has inappropriate Everyone/Full Control permissions, which allows local users to modify the…

Priority P4 15 high 7.1 CVSS 3.1

AV L AC L PR L UI N S U C N I H A H

EXPLOIT

The Winsock2ProtocolCatalogMutex mutex in Windows NT 4.0 has inappropriate Everyone/Full Control permissions, which allows local users to modify the permissions to "No Access" and disable Winsock network connectivity to cause a denial of service, aka the "Winsock Mutex" vulnerability.

Affected

1 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
microsoft	windows_nt	—	—

CVSS provenance

nvd v3.1 7.1 HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

nvd v2.0 2.1 LOW AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

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