CVE-2007-4061

Nessus Vulnerability Scanner 3.0.6 - ActiveX Command Execution

Severity Score

9.3

*CVSS v2

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

Vulnerabilidad de salto de directorio en un cierto control ActiveX en Nessus Vulnerability Scanner 3.0.6 permite a atacanes remotos crear o sobrescribir archivos de su elección a través de la secuencia ..(punto punto) en el argumento en el método saveNessusRC, el cual escribe el texto especificado a través del método addsetConfig, posiblemente relacionado con el control ActiveX SCANCTRL.ScanCtrlCtrl.1 en scan.dll. NOTA: esto podría estar solapado con la ejecución de código a traves de su escritura en una carpeta de inicio.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

NISTv2 9.3

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2007-07-30 CVE Reserved
2007-07-30 CVE Published
2024-04-25 EPSS Updated
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
2024-08-07 First Exploit
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CAPEC

References (6)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25088	Vdb Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2702	Vdb Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35641	Vdb Entry

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4237	2024-08-07

URL	Date	SRC
http://secunia.com/advisories/26243	2017-09-29
http://www.nessus.org/news	2017-09-29

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Nessus Search vendor "Nessus"		Vulnerability Scanner Search vendor "Nessus" for product "Vulnerability Scanner"				3.0.6 Search vendor "Nessus" for product "Vulnerability Scanner" and version "3.0.6"		-		Affected