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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2007-4031

Directory traversal vulnerability in a certain ActiveX control in Nessus Vulnerability Scanner 3.0.6 allows remote attackers to delete arbitrary files via a ..

HIGH 7.8EPSS 5.71%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (5.71%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in a certain ActiveX control in Nessus Vulnerability Scanner 3.0.6 allows remote attackers to delete arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the argument to the deleteReport method, probably related to the SCANCTRL.ScanCtrlCtrl.1 ActiveX control in scan.dll.

CVSS 2.0
7.8 HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:C
EPSS
5.71% probability · 93th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-22
Affected
nessus/vulnerability scanner
Source
cve@mitre.org

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.