CVE-2006-3325
5.0CVSSMEDIUM
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.
CVSS Vector Breakdown
Exploitability
AV:NAccess VectorNetwork
AC:LAccess ComplexityLow
Au:NAuthenticationNone
Impact
C:NConfidentialityNone
I:PIntegrityPartial
A:NAvailabilityNone
Weaknesses
Affected Products
Exploitability
Official Patch Available
References
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/438660/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/438515/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com
http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/q3cfilevar-adv.txt
aluigi.altervista.org
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Timeline
Published
Jun 30, 2006
Last Updated
Apr 16, 2026
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