CVE-2010-2966 describes a critical vulnerability in Wind River VxWorks 5.x and 6.x, where the INCLUDE_SECURITY feature creates hardcoded credentials using LOGIN_USER_NAME and LOGIN_USER_PASSWORD. This flaw allows remote attackers to easily gain unauthorized access via Telnet, Rlogin, or FTP sessions. With a CVSS score of 7.8, this vulnerability is highly severe due to its network-based attack vector, low complexity, and complete confidentiality impact. Despite its age and severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 6.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:windriver:vxworks:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:windriver:vxworks:5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:windriver:vxworks:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:windriver:vxworks:6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:windriver:vxworks:6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.