CVEvulnerability
CVE-2010-2967
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2010-08-05
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-310
Description
The loginDefaultEncrypt algorithm in loginLib in Wind River VxWorks before 6.9 does not properly support a large set of distinct possible passwords, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain access via a (1) telnet, (2) rlogin, or (3) FTP session.
Affected configurations
• windriver vxworks (<= 6.8)
• windriver vxworks 5
• windriver vxworks 5.5
• windriver vxworks 6
• windriver vxworks 6.4
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- http://blog.metasploit.com/2010/08/vxworks-vulnerabilities.html blog.metasploit.com
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/840249 US Government Resource
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/MAPG-863QH9 www.kb.cert.org
- https://support.windriver.com/olsPortal/faces/maintenance/downloadDetails.jspx?contentId=033709 support.windriver.com
- http://blog.metasploit.com/2010/08/vxworks-vulnerabilities.html blog.metasploit.com
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/840249 US Government Resource
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/MAPG-863QH9 www.kb.cert.org
- https://support.windriver.com/olsPortal/faces/maintenance/downloadDetails.jspx?contentId=033709 support.windriver.com