Exploitation Summary
EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2007-4061. PoCs published by h07.
AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit leverages an ActiveX vulnerability in Nessus Vulnerability Scanner 3.0.6 to execute arbitrary commands via the `addsetConfig` and `saveNessusRC` methods, resulting in remote code execution. The PoC creates a malicious batch file in the startup folder to execute a shutdown command.
Description
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.
Exploits (1)
This exploit leverages an ActiveX vulnerability in Nessus Vulnerability Scanner 3.0.6 to execute arbitrary commands via the `addsetConfig` and `saveNessusRC` methods, resulting in remote code execution. The PoC creates a malicious batch file in the startup folder to execute a shutdown command.