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 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.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:nessus:vulnerability_scanner:3.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

21 Nov 2024, 00:34

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () http://secunia.com/advisories/26243 - Patch, Vendor Advisory () http://secunia.com/advisories/26243 - Patch, Vendor Advisory
References () http://www.nessus.org/news/ - Patch () http://www.nessus.org/news/ - Patch
References () http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25088 - () http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25088 -
References () http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2702 - () http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2702 -
References () https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35641 - () https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35641 -
References () https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4237 - () 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