CVE-2007-4031

HIGH 7.8CVE-2007-4031 · Published 27/07/2007 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2007-4031 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability affecting vulnerability scanner (nessus).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 5.7%, higher than 93.0% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
vulnerability scanner nessus	`= 3.0.6`	No fix yet

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.

References

secunia.com/advisories/26243 · Vendor Advisory
securitytracker.com/id
nessus.org/news
securityfocus.com/bid/25088
vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2680
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35641
exploit-db.com/exploits/4230

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