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CVE-2007-4061 Details

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.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://secunia.com/advisories/26243 CVEPatchVendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35641 CVE
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4237 CVE
http://www.nessus.org/news/ CVEPatch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25088 CVE

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
NVD-CWE-OtherWeakness Not in a Standard CWE Category[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
nessus vulnerability scanner
3.0.6

CPE

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

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

7 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2007-4061
NVD Published Date:
Jul 30, 2007
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 16, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2007-4061 Details - Not Deferred