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Status published
High
CVE-2007-4031
Directory traversal vulnerability in a certain ActiveX control in Nessus...
Vulnerability Description
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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
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Affected Vendor
nessus
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Vulnerable Versions:
3.0.6
Timeline
Official Publish:
July 27th, 2007
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.