TI-2007-03901 Aliases CVE-2007-4031 GHSA-xjhv-m7vj-8xjp

Directory traversal vulnerability in a certain ActiveX control in Nessus Vulnerability…

MEDIUM 43CWE-22Published 2007-07-27 · Updated 2024-08-07

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity: Medium
Impact type: —
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: None · Partial · Complete
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.05713 93rd percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by the CNA

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:nessus:vulnerability_scanner:3.0.6:::::::*	3.0.6	Vulnerable	Nessus

cpe:2.3:a:nessus:vulnerability_scanner:3.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0.6 Vulnerable ·Nessus

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2007-4031
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-xjhv-m7vj-8xjp

References

Exploit 1

4230

Other 2

TI-2007-03929 Directory traversal vulnerability in a certain ActiveX control in Nessus Vulnerability… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
TI-2007-03930 The SCANCTRL.ScanCtrlCtrl.1 ActiveX control in scan.dll in Nessus Vulnerability Scanner… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.8

Sources

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