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TI-2007-03929 Aliases CVE-2007-4061GHSA-3phw-vqfc-p5mc

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

Priority MEDIUM 53Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Medium
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Complete · Complete · 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 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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.11178 95th 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

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:nessus:vulnerability_scanner:3.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.0.6VulnerableNessus
  • 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

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2007-4061
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-3phw-vqfc-p5mc

References

Exploit 1

Patch 1

Other 1

  • TI-2007-03901 Directory traversal vulnerability in a certain ActiveX control in Nessus Vulnerability… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.8
  • 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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