cvelist/2007/4xxx/CVE-2007-4061.json

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            "value" : "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."
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            "name" : "4237",
            "refsource" : "EXPLOIT-DB",
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            "name" : "ADV-2007-2702",
            "refsource" : "VUPEN",
            "url" : "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2702"
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