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CVE-2007-4031

Directory traversal vulnerability in a certain ActiveX control in Nessus Vulnerability Scanner 3.0.6 allows remote attac

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.

HIGH · CVSS 7.8 EPSS 0.07579
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  • EPSS percentile: top 8% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
  • Public exploit or PoC is available
  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
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Affected Products & Versions

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nessus vulnerability scannerall versions
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Public Exploits & PoCs

3
remoteNessus Vulnerability Scanner 3.0.6 - ActiveX Command Executionverified
remoteNessus Vulnerability Scanner 3.0.6 - ActiveX Remote Delete Fileverified
pocwww.exploit-db.com · 4230www.exploit-db.com
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Scoring & Timeline

7.8
HIGH · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:C
Published to NVD27 Jul 2007 · 10:30 PM
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References & Sources

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Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://secunia.com/advisories/26243Vendor Advisory
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
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