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.
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vulnerability_scanner
Vendor: nessus
Actively Exploited
0
CISA KEV List
PoC / Exploits
3
Code Available
Total RCEs
0
Remote Access
Total CVEs
3
Total Indexed
Avg. EPSS
7.66%
Exploit Prob.
Security Vulnerability Index
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9.3
CVSS
CVE-2007-4061
Exploit Found
Severity: HIGH
7.8
CVSS
CVE-2007-4062
Exploit Found
The SCANCTRL.ScanCtrlCtrl.1 ActiveX control in scan.dll in Nessus Vulnerability Scanner 3.0.6 allows remote attackers to delete arbitrary files via unspecified vectors involving the deleteNessusRC method, probably a directory traversal vulnerability.
Severity: HIGH
7.8
CVSS
CVE-2007-4031
Exploit Found
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.
Severity: HIGH