PT-2007-5267 · Tenable · Nessus Vulnerability Scanner+2

Published 2007-07-30 · Updated 2017-07-29 · CVE-2007-4062

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Nessus Vulnerability Scanner version 3.0.6

Description: The issue concerns the SCANCTRL.ScanCtrlCtrl.1 ActiveX control in scan.dll, which allows remote attackers to delete arbitrary files. This is likely due to a directory traversal vulnerability involving the deleteNessusRC method.

Recommendations: For Nessus Vulnerability Scanner version 3.0.6, consider disabling the deleteNessusRC method as a temporary workaround until a patch is available. Restrict access to the scan.dll module to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

Path traversal

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-22

Related Identifiers

CVE-2007-4062

Affected Products

Nessus

Nessus Activex Control

Nessus Vulnerability Scanner

References · 7

• 🔥 http://secunia.com/advisories/26243 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/4237 · Exploit
• http://nessus.org/news · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-4062 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/25088 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35641 · Note
• http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/35641 · Note