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 .. (dot dot) in the argument t...
HighCVSS 9.3
EPSS 11.2%
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 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.
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| nessus vulnerability scanner | = 3.0.6 | No fix listed |
References
- 26243 patch third-party-advisory vendor-advisory
- www.nessus.org patch
- 25088 vdb-entry
- ADV-2007-2702 vdb-entry
- nessus-scanctrl-file-overwrite(35641) vdb-entry
- 4237 exploit