CVE-2006-2082

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2006-05-10 · updated 2026-06-16

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.

Affected products

Id Software Quake 3 Engine: all versions

References

http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-May/045906.html
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/880
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/433349/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17924
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26347
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-May/045906.html
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/880
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/433349/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17924
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26347

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