CVE-2006-2082 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2006-2082

Directory traversal vulnerability in Quake 3 engine, as used in...

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

id software

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Affected Software

quake 3 engine
Vulnerable Versions:
Unknown

Timeline

Official Publish: May 10th, 2006
Last Modified: August 7th, 2024
Added to House: July 18th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.