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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

Published Jun 30, 2006

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.

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Remediation

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Weaknesses (0)

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Jun 30, 2006
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Jun 30, 2006
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 16, 2026
Red Hat
Severity n/a
Public date n/a
ENISA EUVD
Assigner mitre
Published Jun 30, 2006
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Exploited since n/a
EUVD-2006-3322