Nessus Vulnerability Scanner ScanCtrl ActiveX control file overwrite
| nessus-scanctrl-file-overwrite (35641) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
The Nessus Vulnerability Scanner ScanCtrl ActiveX control (SCANCTRL.ScanCtrlCtrl.1) could allow a remote attacker to overwrite or delete arbitrary files on the system. By persuading a victim to visit a malicious Web site, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using the deleteReport(), deleteNessusRC(), saveNessusRC(), and addsetConfig() methods to overwrite or delete arbitrary files on the system.
Platforms Affected:
- Tenable Network Security, Nessus Vulnerability Scanner 3.0.6 and prior
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of Nessus (3.0.6.1 or later), available from the Nessus Web site. See References.
Consequences:
File Manipulation
References:
- Nessus News 27th July, 2007, Nessus 3.0.6.1 for Windows released at http://www.nessus.org/news/.
- Nessus Web site, Download at http://www.nessus.org/download/.
- BID-25088: Nessus SCANCTRL.ScanCtrlCtrl.1 ActiveX Control Multiple Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2007-4031: 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.
- CVE-2007-4061: 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.
- CVE-2007-4062: The SCANCTRL.ScanCtrlCtrl.1 ActiveX control in scan.dll in Nessus Vulnerability Scanner 3.0.6 allows remote attackers to delete arbitrary files via unspecified vectors involving the deleteNessusRC method, probably a directory traversal vulnerability.
- FrSIRT/ADV-2007-2680: Nessus Vulnerability Scanner ActiveX Control Remote File Deletion Vulnerability
- FrSIRT/ADV-2007-2702: Nessus Vulnerability Scanner ActiveX Control Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- SA26243: Nessus Vulnerability Scanner ScanCtrl ActiveX Control Insecure Methods
- SECTRACK ID: 1018469: Nessus ActiveX Control Lets Remote Users Delete Files
Reported:
Jul 26, 2007
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