CVE-2007-4061 EXPLOIT
9.3
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 11.2% (pctl 96)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.3 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| EPSS | 11.18% — more likely to be exploited than 96% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2007-07-30 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| nessus | vulnerability scanner |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Nessus Vulnerability Scanner 3.0.6 - ActiveX Command Execution | 2007-07-27 |
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26243
- http://www.nessus.org/news/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25088
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2702
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35641
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4237
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26243
- http://www.nessus.org/news/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25088
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2702
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35641
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4237
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