Vulnerability in Id Software Quake 3 Engine
CVE-2006-3324
The Automatic Downloading option in the id3 Quake 3 Engine and the Icculus Quake 3 Engine (ioquake3) before revision 804 allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files in the quake3 directory (fs_homepath cvar) via a long string of filenames, as contained in the neededpaks buffer.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.044 (91.1th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 91st percentile — 91.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.044 · newest: 0.044 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Id Software Quake 3 Engine — versions 1.32b, 1.32c, icculus_803
References
- svn.icculus.org/quake3
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/438660/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/438515/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- aluigi.altervista.org/adv/q3cfilevar-adv.txt (Exploit)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/18685 (Exploit, vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/20851 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- securityreason.com/securityalert/1171 (third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/20401 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27486 (vdb-entry)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2569 (vdb-entry)