# CVE-2010-2965: 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 f

- Severity: CVSS 9.8 (Critical), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2010-08-04 · Updated: 2026-05-28

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

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

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