Description
Quake 2 (Q2) server 3.20 and 3.21 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive server cvar variables, obtain directory listings, and execute Q2 server admin commands via a client that does not expand "$" macros, which causes the server to expand the macros and leak the information, as demonstrated using "say $rcon_password."
Published: 2002-07-26
Score: 5.0 Medium
EPSS: 5.2% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2002-0762 Quake 2 (Q2) server 3.20 and 3.21 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive server cvar variables, obtain directory listings, and execute Q2 server admin commands via a client that does not expand "$" macros, which causes the server to expand the macros and leak the information, as demonstrated using "say $rcon_password."
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Id Software Quake 2i Server
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-08T03:03:48.587Z

Reserved: 2002-07-25T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2002-0770

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2002-08-12T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2002-0770

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