CVE-2007-4031

Exp

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.

Published: 2007-07-27 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2007-4031 is rated High Exploit Risk (78.1/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 7.58%, 92th percentile). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2007-4031

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
4237 exploit_db edb 2007-07-27 Exploit-DB ↗
4230 exploit_db edb 2007-07-26 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-4031

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-05-07 7.80% 7.58% -0.22%
2 2026-03-15 7.52% 7.80% +0.28%
3 2025-03-30 — 7.52% —

Full EPSS history (15 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2007-4031

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.8 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 8.6 7.8 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2007-4031

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2007-4031

Comment: Per http://secunia.com/advisories/26243/, update to version 3.0.6.1 found at: http://www.nessus.org/download/

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2007-4031

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
nessus vulnerability_scanner 3.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:nessus:vulnerability_scanner:3.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2007-4031

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