CVE-2001-0006

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.

Risk Information

Base Score

7.1

MODERATE

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

EPSS Score

Exploitation Probability

0.128

Associated Vulnerability

No records found

Patch Details

No records found

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234