CVE-2007-4031

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.

Affected products

Nessus, Nessus Activex Control, Nessus Vulnerability Scanner

Nessus Vulnerability Scanner

= 3.0.6

Fix

Available

CVSS 2.0

7.8 HIGH

EPSS

5.7% (93th percentile)

Weakness

CWE-22

NVD status

Modified

Published

2007-07-27