CVE - CVE-2007-4061

CVE-ID
CVE-2007-4061	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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.
References
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BID:25088 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25088 EXPLOIT-DB:4237 URL:https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4237 MISC:http://www.nessus.org/news/ SECUNIA:26243 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/26243 VUPEN:ADV-2007-2702 URL:~~http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2702~~ (Obsolete source) XF:nessus-scanctrl-file-overwrite(35641) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35641
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20070730	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20070730)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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