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

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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 Jun 30, 2006

5.0

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 4.44%

Description

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.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (10)

http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/q3cfilevar-adv.txt
x_refsource_MISCExploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/20401
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/20851
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1171
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
http://svn.icculus.org/quake3?rev=804&view=rev
x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/438515/100/0/threaded
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/438660/100/0/threaded
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18685
vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2569
vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27486
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Link	Providers	Tags
http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/q3cfilevar-adv.txt		x_refsource_MISCExploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/20401		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/20851		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1171		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
http://svn.icculus.org/quake3?rev=804&view=rev		x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/438515/100/0/threaded		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/438660/100/0/threaded		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18685		vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2569		vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27486		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Jun 30, 2006

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Jun 30, 2006

Link CVE-2006-3324

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2006-3324

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2006-3324