CVE-2007-4061
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 ..
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 11.2%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 9.3 HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 11.18% probability · 96th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- nessus/vulnerability scanner
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26243Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.nessus.org/news/Patch
- 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/26243Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.nessus.org/news/Patch
- 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
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.