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.
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
EUVD |
EUVD-2006-3322 | 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. |
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History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-07T18:23:21.197Z
Reserved: 2006-06-30T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2006-3325
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Status : Modified
Published: 2006-06-30T23:05:00.000
Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627
Link: CVE-2006-3325
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Weaknesses
EUVD