CVE-2006-2082

N/A Unknown
Published: May 10, 2006 Modified: April 16, 2026
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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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-May/045906.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/880
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/433349/100/0/threaded
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17924
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26347
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-May/045906.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/880
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/433349/100/0/threaded
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17924
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26347
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
1.0%
76th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

id_software