CVE-2010-2966 - The INCLUDE_SECURITY functionality in Wind River VxWorks 6.x, 5.x, and earlier uses the LOGIN_USER_NAME and LOGIN_USER_PASSWORD (aka LOGIN_PASSWORD) parameters to create hardcoded credentials, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain access via a (1) telnet, (2) rlogin, or (3) FTP session

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The INCLUDE_SECURITY functionality in Wind River VxWorks 6.x, 5.x, and earlier uses the LOGIN_USER_NAME and LOGIN_USER_PASSWORD (aka LOGIN_PASSWORD) parameters to create hardcoded credentials, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain access via a (1) telnet, (2) rlogin, or (3) FTP session

Published Aug 4, 2010

7.8

HIGH

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 1.55%

Description

The INCLUDE_SECURITY functionality in Wind River VxWorks 6.x, 5.x, and earlier uses the LOGIN_USER_NAME and LOGIN_USER_PASSWORD (aka LOGIN_PASSWORD) parameters to create hardcoded credentials, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain access via a (1) telnet, (2) rlogin, or (3) FTP session.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-255

References (3)

http://blog.metasploit.com/2010/08/vxworks-vulnerabilities.html
x_refsource_MISCExploit
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/840249
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2010-2970
Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
http://blog.metasploit.com/2010/08/vxworks-vulnerabilities.html		x_refsource_MISCExploit
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/840249		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2010-2970		Advisory