FKIE_CVE-2007-4061
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2007-07-30 17:30 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:43
Severity
Summary
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.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nessus | vulnerability_scanner | 3.0.6 |
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"lastModified": "2026-06-16T22:43:19.700",
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