ID CVE-2006-3325
Summary 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.
References
Vulnerable Configurations
  • cpe:2.3:a:id_software:quake_3_engine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:id_software:quake_3_engine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:id_software:quake_3_engine:1.32b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:id_software:quake_3_engine:1.32b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:id_software:quake_3_engine:1.32c:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:id_software:quake_3_engine:1.32c:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:id_software:quake_3_engine:icculus_803:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:id_software:quake_3_engine:icculus_803:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:id_software:quake_3_engine:icculus_804:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:id_software:quake_3_engine:icculus_804:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:id_software:quake_3_engine:icculus_805:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:id_software:quake_3_engine:icculus_805:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:id_software:quake_3_engine:icculus_806:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:id_software:quake_3_engine:icculus_806:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:id_software:quake_3_engine:icculus_807:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:id_software:quake_3_engine:icculus_807:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:id_software:quake_3_engine:icculus_808:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:id_software:quake_3_engine:icculus_808:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:id_software:quake_3_engine:icculus_809:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:id_software:quake_3_engine:icculus_809:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:id_software:quake_3_engine:icculus_810:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:id_software:quake_3_engine:icculus_810:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVSS
Base: 5.0 (as of 18-10-2018 - 16:46)
Impact:
Exploitability:
CWE NVD-CWE-Other
CAPEC
Access
VectorComplexityAuthentication
NETWORK LOW NONE
Impact
ConfidentialityIntegrityAvailability
NONE PARTIAL NONE
cvss-vector via4 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
refmap via4
bid 18685
bugtraq
  • 20060627 Files and cvars overwriting in Quake 3 engine (1.32c / rev 803 / ...)
  • 20060628 Re: Files and cvars overwriting in Quake 3 engine (1.32c / rev 803 / ...)
misc http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/q3cfilevar-adv.txt
secunia
  • 20401
  • 20851
sreason 1171
vupen ADV-2006-2569
xf
  • quake3-clparsedownload-bo(26889)
  • quake3-cvar-file-overwrite(27486)
Last major update 18-10-2018 - 16:46
Published 30-06-2006 - 23:05
Last modified 18-10-2018 - 16:46
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