CVE-2011-2956

AzeoTech DAQFactory < 5.85 - Unauthenticated Denial of Service via Signal Handling

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2011-2956. PoCs published by Knud Erik Hojgaard.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit demonstrates a denial-of-service vulnerability in AzeoTech DAQFactory by sending malformed packets to crash the application. The provided payloads trigger reboot or shutdown commands without authentication.

Description

AzeoTech DAQFactory before 5.85 (Build 1842) does not perform authentication for certain signals, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system reboot or shutdown) via a signal.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Knud Erik Hojgaard · textdosmultiple
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36007

This exploit demonstrates a denial-of-service vulnerability in AzeoTech DAQFactory by sending malformed packets to crash the application. The provided payloads trigger reboot or shutdown commands without authentication.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: AzeoTech DAQFactory < 5.85
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Network access to the target system
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
US Government Resource x_refsource_misc
http://www.us-cert.gov/control_systems/pdf/ICSA-11-122-01.pdf
Various Sources x_refsource_misc
http://www.azeotech.com/revisionhistory.php

Scores

EPSS 0.0674
EPSS Percentile 93.1%

Details

CWE
CWE-287
Status published
Products (49)
azeotech/daqfactory 3.0
azeotech/daqfactory 3.03
azeotech/daqfactory 3.5
azeotech/daqfactory 3.05
azeotech/daqfactory 3.09
azeotech/daqfactory 3.10
azeotech/daqfactory 3.11
azeotech/daqfactory 3.51
azeotech/daqfactory 3.52
azeotech/daqfactory 3.53
... and 39 more
Published Jul 28, 2011
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026