Path Traversal in Nessus Vulnerability Scanner
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.
Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.057 (92.8th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 93rd percentile — 92.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.057 · newest: 0.057 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Nessus Vulnerability Scanner — versions 3.0.6
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4230 (exploit)
- securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- www.nessus.org/news/
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35641 (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/26243 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2680 (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/25088 (vdb-entry)