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CVE-2010-2965

• Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 57.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2010-08-05 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-863

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.

Affected products

• Rockwellautomation 1756-Enbt/A Firmware: 3.2.6, 3.6.1
• Windriver Vxworks: through 6.9.4.12

References

• http://blog.metasploit.com/2010/08/vxworks-vulnerabilities.html
• http://rockwellautomation.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/rockwellautomation.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=69735
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/362332
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/MAPG-86EPFA
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/MAPG-86FPQL
• https://support.windriver.com/olsPortal/faces/maintenance/downloadDetails.jspx?contentId=033708
• http://blog.metasploit.com/2010/08/vxworks-vulnerabilities.html
• http://rockwellautomation.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/rockwellautomation.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=69735
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jan/10
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/362332
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/MAPG-86EPFA
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/MAPG-86FPQL

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