CVE-2007-4061 | BDVDB-2026-25555 Detail

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.

Impact#

No impact statement in the source data.

Weaknesses#

No weakness recorded in the source data.

References#

http://www.nessus.org/news/
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4237
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35641
http://secunia.com/advisories/26243
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25088
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2702

Exploit#

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4237

History#

Version 12007-07-30Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22024-08-07Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.