CVE-2007-4061
Critical
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in a certain ActiveX control in Nessus Vulnerability Scanner 3.0.6 allows remote attackers to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the argument to the saveNessusRC method, which writes text specified by the addsetConfig method, possibly related to the SCANCTRL.ScanCtrlCtrl.1 ActiveX control in scan.dll. NOTE: this can be leveraged for code execution by writing to a Startup folder.
SeverityCritical
CVSS9.3
Exploit probability—
ProductNessus Vulnerability Scanner
PublishedJul 30, 2007
First seenJul 30, 2007
How to fix
Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| nessus vulnerability_scanner | 3.0.6 | — |
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