FKIE_CVE-2007-4061

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2007-07-30 17:30 - Updated: 2025-04-09 00:30
Severity ?
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/26243Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.nessus.org/news/Patch
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25088
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2702
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35641
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4237
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/26243Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.nessus.org/news/Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25088
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2702
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35641
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4237
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
nessus vulnerability_scanner 3.0.6
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  "lastModified": "2025-04-09T00:30:58.490",
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