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CVE-2006-3325

MEDIUMEPSS 91th pctl
5.0
CVSS v2
NVD

Description

client/cl_parse.c in the id3 Quake 3 Engine 1.32c and the Icculus Quake 3 Engine (ioquake3) revision 810 and earlier allows remote malicious servers to overwrite arbitrary write-protected cvars variables on the client, such as cl_allowdownload for Automatic Downloading and fs_homepath for the quake3 path, via a string of cvar names and values sent from the server. NOTE: this can be combined with another vulnerability to overwrite arbitrary files.

How to fix

Remediation Available
ioquake3Debian
Fixed in:1.36+svn1788j-1CVE-2006-3325
Fixed in:1.36+svn1788j-1CVE-2006-3325
Fixed in:1.36+svn1788j-1CVE-2006-3325
Fixed in:1.36+svn1788j-1CVE-2006-3325

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

4.67%probability of exploitation in 30 days
91stpercentile

High risk: more likely to be exploited than 91% of all known CVEs.

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