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 .. (dot dot) in the argument to the deleteR...
HighCVSS 7.8
EPSS 5.7%
Public exploit
- Published
- Updated
- Exploit status
- Public exploit available
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.
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| nessus vulnerability scanner | = 3.0.6 | No fix listed |
References
- 26243 third-party-advisory vendor-advisory
- 1018469 vdb-entry
- www.nessus.org
- 25088 vdb-entry
- ADV-2007-2680 vdb-entry
- nessus-scanctrl-file-overwrite(35641) vdb-entry
- 4230 exploit