CVE-2010-2968

Exp

The FTP daemon in Wind River VxWorks does not close the TCP connection after a number of failed login attempts, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain access via a brute-force attack.

Published: 2010-08-05 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2010-2968 is rated High Exploit Risk (72/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.48%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.20% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2010-2968

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2010-2968

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.28% 1.48% +1.20%
2 2025-10-28 0.38% 0.28% -0.10%
3 2025-03-17 — 0.38% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2010-2968

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.8 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 10.0 6.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2010-2968

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2010-2968

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
windriver vxworks <= 6.8 cpe:2.3:o:windriver:vxworks:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
windriver vxworks 5 cpe:2.3:o:windriver:vxworks:5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
windriver vxworks 5.5 cpe:2.3:o:windriver:vxworks:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
windriver vxworks 6 cpe:2.3:o:windriver:vxworks:6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
windriver vxworks 6.4 cpe:2.3:o:windriver:vxworks:6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2010-2968

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