Is CVE-2007-4061 being actively exploited?

CVE-2007-4061 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2007-4061?

CVE-2007-4061 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 9.3 (HIGH).

CVE-2007-4061

HIGH · CVSS 9.3EPSS 11.2%EU EUVD

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.

Key facts

CVSS score: 9.3 (v2.0)
Severity: HIGH
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS score: 11.2% (96th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2007-4045)
Published: July 30, 2007
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-4045 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

nessus / vulnerability scanner

References

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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