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CVE-2006-2082

Published: May 10, 2006Updated: Apr 16, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDNVD-CWE-Other
NVD MITRE
7.5CVSSHIGH
EPSS Score
1.7%
Top 25.7%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
No Fix Available

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in Quake 3 engine, as used in products including Quake3 Arena, Return to Castle Wolfenstein, Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory, and Star Trek Voyager: Elite Force, when the sv_allowdownload cvar is enabled, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files from the server via ".." sequences in a .pk3 file request.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LAu:NC:PI:PA:P
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:LAccess Complexity
Low
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:PConfidentiality
Partial
I:PIntegrity
Partial
A:PAvailability
Partial
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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

quake 3 engineid software
Mixed
Consumer Software / gaming
n/an/a
id softwarecommercialUSConsumer Softwareaka idsoftware

Exploitability

No known exploits, KEV entries, or remediation guidance available for this vulnerability yet.

References

http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-May/045906.html
lists.grok.org.uk
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/880
securityreason.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/433349/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com
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Timeline

Published
May 10, 2006
Last Updated
Apr 16, 2026

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