Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource
CVE-2001-0006
Summary
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.
- LOW
- LOCAL
- HIGH
- UNCHANGED
- NONE
- LOW
- NONE
- HIGH
CWE-732 - Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource
The product specifies permissions for a security-critical resource in a way that allows that resource to be read or modified by unintended actors.
References
Advisory Timeline
- Published
