CVE-2001-0006

Severity

21%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

48%

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.

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.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 2.1. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P).

Overview

First reported 24 years ago

2001-02-12 05:00:00

Last updated 6 years ago

2018-10-12 21:30:00

Affected Software

Microsoft Windows NT 4.0

4.0

References

20010126 ntsecurity.nu advisory: Winsock Mutex Vulnerability in Windows NT 4.0 SP6 and below

MS01-003

winnt-mutex-dos(6006)

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