CVE-2006-3324

Public Exploit

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.

5.0

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 2.53% Top 20%

Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://svn.icculus.org/quake3?rev=804&view=rev
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/438660/100/0/threaded	mailing list
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/438515/100/0/threaded	mailing list
http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/q3cfilevar-adv.txt	exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18685	vdb entry exploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/20851	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1171	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/20401	third party advisory vendor advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27486	vdb entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2569	vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2006-3324?: CVE-2006-3324 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2006-3324?: To fix CVE-2006-3324, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2006-3324 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2006-3324 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~3% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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