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 deleteReport method, probably related to the SCANCTRL.ScanCtrlCtrl.1 ActiveX control in scan.dll.

Score

CVSS 2.0 7.8 High

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2007-07-27

Last modified

2024-08-07

Weaknesses

CWE-22

Affected products

• Vulnerability Scanner (Nessus)

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/26243
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1018469
• http://www.nessus.org/news/
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25088
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2680
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35641
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4230