sys/sys_unix.c in the ioQuake3 engine on Unix and Linux, as used in World of Padman 1.5.x before 1.5.1.1 and OpenArena 0.8.x-15 and 0.8.x-16, allows remote game servers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a long fs_game variable
Published Aug 4, 2011
7.5
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 4.21%
Description
sys/sys_unix.c in the ioQuake3 engine on Unix and Linux, as used in World of Padman 1.5.x before 1.5.1.1 and OpenArena 0.8.x-15 and 0.8.x-16, allows remote game servers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a long fs_game variable.
Affected products
No data.
- n/a
- 0.8.x-15
- 0.8.x-16
- 1.5
Running on/with
- n/a
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (16 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 4.21% (0.04212) | 90.67th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 4.21% (0.04212) | 89.65th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Nov 5, 2025 | 5.63% (0.05632) | 89.91th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jun 25, 2025 | 2.38% (0.02375) | 84.25th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jun 4, 2025 | 4.27% (0.04271) | 88.26th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| May 7, 2025 | 2.85% (0.02852) | 85.47th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 1.60% (0.01599) | 80.01th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 3.74% (0.03737) | 79.76th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.12% (0.01123) | 76.75th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.89% (0.00894) | 83.34th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 22, 2024 | 0.89% (0.00894) | 82.64th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 22, 2023 | 0.89% (0.00894) | 80.62th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.94% (0.00935) | 80.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 2.69% (0.02686) | 82.85th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 2.69% (0.02686) | 81.17th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 2.69% (0.02686) | 62.66th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (14)
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2011-07/0338.html mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCExploit
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-August/063460.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/45417 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/45468 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8324 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
- http://svn.icculus.org/quake3?view=rev&revision=2097 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://thilo.tjps.eu/download/patches/ioq3-svn-r2097.diff x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://worldofpadman.com/website/news/en/article/266/wop-1-5-1-1-hotfix-released-for-linux.html x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://www.osvdb.org/74137 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/519051/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48915 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=725951 x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitPatch
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/68869 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-23 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
Change history (0)
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