CVE-2001-0006 Information

Description

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.

Reference

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