Published: 12/02/2001 Updated: 26/01/2024

CVSS v2 Base Score: 2.1 | Impact Score: 2.9 | Exploitability Score: 3.9

CVSS v3 Base Score: 7.1 | Impact Score: 5.2 | Exploitability Score: 1.8

VMScore: 215

Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

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.

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source: wwwsecurityfocuscom/bid/2303/info Microsoft Windows NT 40 is subject to a denial of service due to the implementation of incorrect permissions in a Mutex object A local user could gain control of the Mutex on a networked machine and deny all network communication /* /* mutationc - (c) 2000, Arne Vidstrom, arnevidstrom@ntsec ...

CWE-732 http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=98075221915234&w=2 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6006 https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2001/ms01-003 https://nvd.nist.gov https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/20596/https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/354648

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