Nessus 4.2.0 and newer versions are not affected (as there's no fat client any more). So, technically, this was patched last year. -rd On Oct 27, 2010, at 9:48 AM, apa-iutcert@xxxxxxx wrote: > A vulnerability has been discovered in Nessus Client ,which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system. > The vulnerability is caused due to the application loading libraries in an insecure manner. > Libraries list called is as follows: > ï Wintab32.dll > This can be exploited to load arbitrary libraries by tricking a user into e.g. opening a HTML file located on a remote WebDAV or SMB share. > Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code. > The vulnerability is confirmed in Nessus Client version 4.0.2 for Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3. Other versions may also be affected. >
