CVE-2006-3325

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    CVE-2006-3325

    Published: 30 Jun 2006Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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: http://secunia.com/advisories/20401, http://secunia.com/advisories/20851, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2569, http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/q3cfilevar-adv.txt, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18685, http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1171, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/438515/100/0/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/438660/100/0/threaded, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26889, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27486

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High