CVE-2007-4061

Public Exploit

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.

9.3

CVSS

Severity: Critical

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 10.62% Top 10%

Vendor Advisory secunia.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://www.nessus.org/news/	patch
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4237	exploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35641	vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/26243	third party advisory patch vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25088	vdb entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2702	vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2007-4061?: CVE-2007-4061 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2007-4061?: To fix CVE-2007-4061, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2007-4061 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2007-4061 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~11% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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