Vulnerability CVE-2007-4062
Published: 2007-07-30   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
The SCANCTRL.ScanCtrlCtrl.1 ActiveX control in scan.dll in Nessus Vulnerability Scanner 3.0.6 allows remote attackers to delete arbitrary files via unspecified vectors involving the deleteNessusRC method, probably a directory traversal vulnerability.

Type:

CWE-22

 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal'))

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.8/10
7.8/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
Partial
Complete
Affected software
Nessus -> Vulnerability scanner 

 References:
http://www.nessus.org/news/
http://secunia.com/advisories/26243
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/35641
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25088
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