CVE-2006-3324 EXPLOIT
5.0
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 4.4% (pctl 91)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
The Automatic Downloading option in the id3 Quake 3 Engine and the Icculus Quake 3 Engine (ioquake3) before revision 804 allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files in the quake3 directory (fs_homepath cvar) via a long string of filenames, as contained in the neededpaks buffer.
Scoring
| CVSS | 5.0 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
| EPSS | 4.44% — more likely to be exploited than 91% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2006-06-30 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| id software | quake 3 engine |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Quake 3 Engine Client - 'CG_ServerCommand()' Remote Overflow | 2006-07-02 |
References
- http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/q3cfilevar-adv.txt
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20401
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20851
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1171
- http://svn.icculus.org/quake3?rev=804&view=rev
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/438515/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/438660/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18685
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2569
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27486
- http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/q3cfilevar-adv.txt
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20401
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20851
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1171
- http://svn.icculus.org/quake3?rev=804&view=rev
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/438515/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/438660/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18685
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2569
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27486
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