Vulnerability Report

CVE-2007-4031

Title: Nessus Vulnerability Scanner Path Traversal / LFI

Path Traversal / LFI

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2007-4031

CWE Category CWE-22

Published Date Jul 27, 2007

Modified Date Apr 09, 2025

Exploit Status Available

Score 7.8 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

7.58%

Vulnerability Summary

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.

Impacted Vendors

nessus 1

Reference Links

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 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

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

7.8

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2007-4031 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

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

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Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4230

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April 09, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

July 27, 2007 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:C

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.