THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2006-3324
MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2006-3324

Quake 3 Engine vulnerability

CVSS
5.0
EPSS
4.4%
EPSS pct
90th
Exploited
No known
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.
Affected vendor
Id Software
Affected product
Quake 3 Engine
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Published
2006-06-30

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to integrity.

Its EPSS score of 4.4% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 90% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2006-3324

  • Confirm whether Id Software Quake 3 Engine is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2006-3324.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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