CVE-2010-2965
What this means
This is rated critical severity (9.8 out of 10). Current estimates put the chance of attack in the next 30 days at roughly 58%. Ask IT whether Rockwellautomation 1756 Enbt\/a Firmware, Windriver Vxworks and Rockwellautomation 1756 Enbt\/a are in your estate, and treat that as the priority.
Full vendor description
The WDB target agent debug service in Wind River VxWorks 6.x, 5.x, and earlier, as used on the Rockwell Automation 1756-ENBT series A with firmware 3.2.6 and 3.6.1 and other products, allows remote attackers to read or modify arbitrary memory locations, perform function calls, or manage tasks via requests to UDP port 17185, a related issue to CVE-2005-3804.
Scoring and exploitation
Exploitable over the network without any account, and no one has to click or open anything. High impact on confidentiality, integrity and availability.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploitability
Longer bar: easier to attack
Impact
Longer bar: more harm
- Elevated attack likelihood (~57.5% in 30 days)Model estimate (): a probability signal, not confirmed exploitation
- Exploited in the wild
- Not confirmed in the
- Not reported
Weaknesses
Affected products ()
- Rockwellautomation 1756 Enbt\/a Firmware
- Windriver Vxworks
- Rockwellautomation 1756 Enbt\/a
Show the raw CPE strings (4)
- cpe:2.3:o:rockwellautomation:1756-enbt\/a_firmware:3.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:rockwellautomation:1756-enbt\/a_firmware:3.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:windriver:vxworks:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:h:rockwellautomation:1756-enbt\/a:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References
13 links from the CVE record, grouped by site.
blog.metasploit.com1 link
- vxworks-vulnerabilities.html (opens in a new tab)Not Applicable
rockwellautomation.custhelp.com1 link
- std_adp.php (opens in a new tab)Permissions Required
kb.cert.org3 links
- 362332 (opens in a new tab)Third Party Advisory · US Government Resource
- MAPG-86EPFA (opens in a new tab)Third Party Advisory · US Government Resource
- MAPG-86FPQL (opens in a new tab)Third Party Advisory · US Government Resource
support.windriver.com1 link
- downloadDetails.jspx (opens in a new tab)Permissions Required
seclists.org1 link

