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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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2001-05-07T04:00:00
Updated: 2024-12-03T15:43:09.651Z
Reserved: 2001-01-04T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2001-0006
Updated: 2024-08-08T04:06:54.497Z
Status : Deferred
Published: 2001-02-12T05:00:00.000
Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193
Link: CVE-2001-0006
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