CVE-2001-0006

Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 - Networking Mutex Denial of Service

Severity Score

7.1

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

Track

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:Track

Exploitation

None

Automatable

Tech. Impact

Partial

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2001-01-04 CVE Reserved
2001-01-24 First Exploit
2001-02-12 CVE Published
2024-12-03 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-732: Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

CAPEC

References (4)

URL	Tag	Source
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=98075221915234&w=2	Mailing List
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6006	Third Party Advisory

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/20596	2001-01-24

URL	Date	SRC
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2001/ms01-003	2024-01-26

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows Nt Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows Nt"				4.0 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows Nt" and version "4.0"		-		Affected