service.exe in Measuresoft ScadaPro 4.0.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the…

published 2011-09-16 15 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2011-3459

cvss: 10.0; version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 14.4%; EPSS 14.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 96%
public exploits: 2; Exploit-DB

service.exe in Measuresoft ScadaPro 4.0.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the (1) BF, (2) OF, or (3) EF command.

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

cisa ICSA-11-263-01 updated 2025-06-05 cvss 10.0

Measuresoft ScadaPro Vulnerabilities

Measuresoft Development ScadaPro <=4.0.0.0
affected: mitigation “According to Measuresoft, Version 4.0.1 of ScadaPro Server is now available for download from the Measuresoft website. (http://www.measuresoft.com/download/current_release.aspx)”

From CISA ICS and IT advisories (CSAF, https://github.com/cisagov/CSAF), a U.S. Government work; changed: reduced to products, statuses and remediations. CISA notification · csaf

Timeline

2011-09-14 First public exploit (EDB-17844)
2011-09-16 Published

Exploit prediction

14.37% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

EDB-17848 Measuresoft ScadaPro 4.0.0 - Remote Command Execution (Metasploit) remote, 2011-09-16
EDB-17844 Measuresoft ScadaPro 4.0.0 - Multiple Vulnerabilities dos, 2011-09-14
aluigi.altervista.org http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/scadapro_1-adv.txt referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	2.0	10.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness

CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

exploit-db.com /exploits/17848
exploit
aluigi.altervista.org /adv/scadapro_1-adv.txt
exploit
securityreason.com /securityalert/8382
third-party-advisory
us-cert.gov /control_systems/pdf/ICS-ALERT-11-256-04.pdf
us-government-resource

Sources

CVE List CVE-2011-3496
NVD CVE-2011-3496

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Summary