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Nessus Vulnerability Scanner ActiveX Control Remote File Deletion Vulnerability

Title : Nessus Vulnerability Scanner ActiveX Control Remote File Deletion Vulnerability
Advisory ID : FrSIRT/ADV-2007-2680
CVE ID : CVE-2007-4031
Rated as : Low Risk

Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2007-07-27

Advisory Details

Description

Affected Products

Solution

Technical Description

A vulnerability has been identified in Nessus Vulnerability Scanner, which could be exploited by remote attackers to delete arbitrary files or cause a denial of service. This issue is caused by an error in the "deleteReport()" method within the "SCANCTRL.ScanCtrlCtrl.1" (scan.dll) ActiveX control, which could be exploited by attackers to delete arbitrary files on a vulnerable system by tricking a user into visiting a malicious web page.

Credits

Vulnerability reported by Krystian Kloskowski.

ChangeLog

2007-07-27 : Initial release
2007-07-30 : Updated Solution

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