CVE-2001-0006

EPSS 3.0%

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 products

n/a · n/a

public PoCs found — 1

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References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=98075221915234&w=2 https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2001/ms01-003 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6006