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VxWorks Remote Debug Service Exposed

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
11/21/2005
Created
07/25/2018
Added
07/07/2010
Modified
02/13/2015

Description

Certain VxWorks-based products ship with the remote debugging service enabled. This service provides remote access to the processor and memory of the device, which can be abused by an attacker to compromise the device or gather sensitive information.

Solution(s)

  • vxworks-wdbrpc-exposed-update
  • vxworks-wdbrpc-exposed-restrict

References

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