66843 : Wind River Systems' VxWorks loginLib Default Hashing Algorithm Weakness
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2010-08-02

Description

VxWorks contains a flaw that may allow an attacker to brute force a known backdoor account over FTP with trivial effort. The issue is triggered in combination with a flaw that allows arbitrary memory access, which allows the backdoor account name to be discovered.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Cryptographic
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Solution: Solution Unknown
Exploit: Exploit Private
Disclosure: Uncoordinated Disclosure
OSVDB: SCADA

Solution

OSVDB is not aware of a solution for this vulnerability.

Products

Wind River Systems, Inc.

VxWorks

6.8

References

CVE ID: 2010-2967 (see also: NVD)
Secunia Advisory ID: 40803
CERT VU: 840249
Other Advisory URL: http://blog.metasploit.com/2010/08/vxworks-vulnerabilities.html
http://www.us-cert.gov/control_systems/pdf/ICSA-10-214-01.pdf
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/MAPG-863QH9
https://support.windriver.com/olsPortal/faces/maintenance/downloadDetails.jspx?contentId=033709

Credit

H D Moore - Metasploit

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 7.8
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2010-08-05 | Disagree?

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