CVE-2007-4061
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Summary
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.
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Version Range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a | affected |
Weaknesses
- n/a
ADP Enrichment
CVE Program Container
Additional References
- http://www.nessus.org/news/
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4237
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35641
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26243
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25088
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2702
References
- http://www.nessus.org/news/
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4237
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35641
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26243
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25088
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2702
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