CVE-2007-4062: Nessus Vulnerability Scanner

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 2.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Nessus Vulnerability Scanner: version 3.0.6 only

Published 2007-07-30. Last modified 2026-06-16.