CVE-2007-4061
high · 9.3Directory 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.
9.3
CVSS
11.2%
EPSS (exploit prob.)
96th
EPSS percentile
2007-07-30
Published
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| nessus | vulnerability_scanner | 3.0.6 |
Check a specific version with /api/v1/cve/match.
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26243
- http://www.nessus.org/news/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25088
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2702
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35641
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4237
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26243
- http://www.nessus.org/news/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25088
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2702
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35641
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4237
Query this programmatically:
curl https://evil-db.io/api/v1/cve/CVE-2007-4061