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
Configurations
History
21 Nov 2024, 00:34
Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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References | () http://secunia.com/advisories/26243 - Patch, Vendor Advisory | |
References | () http://www.nessus.org/news/ - Patch | |
References | () http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25088 - | |
References | () http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2702 - | |
References | () https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35641 - | |
References | () https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4237 - |
Information
Published : 2007-07-30 17:30
Updated : 2024-11-21 00:34
NVD link : CVE-2007-4061
Mitre link : CVE-2007-4061
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2007-4061
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Products Affected
nessus
- vulnerability_scanner
CWE