VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2007-4031

CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability5.71%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2007-07-27
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:C

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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Primary references