CVE-2007-4031

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 7.8/10AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:C

Weakness enumeration

CWE-22

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Jul 27, 2007
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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