CVE-2006-2082

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Published May 10, 2006 CVSS 2.0 · 7.5 High EPSS 2.7% KEV · Not listed

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in Quake 3 engine, as used in products including Quake3 Arena, Return to Castle Wolfenstein, Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory, and Star Trek Voyager: Elite Force, when the sv_allowdownload cvar is enabled, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files from the server via ".." sequences in a .pk3 file request.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:id_software:quake_3_engine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2006-2083	Directory traversal vulnerability in Quake 3 engine, as used in products including Quake3 Arena, Return to Castle Wolfenstein, Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory, and Star Trek Voyager: Elite Force, when the sv_allowdownload cvar is enabled, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files from the server via ".." sequences in a .pk3 file request.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 2.7% (2.697% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-May/045906.html
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/880
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/433349/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17924
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26347

History

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Subscriptions

Id Software Quake 3 Engine

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 5:35 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: May 10, 2006, 12:00 AM
Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 5:35 PM
Reserved: Apr 28, 2006, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 10:24 PM

Status: Modified
Published: May 10, 2006, 2:18 AM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 10:24 PM

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