Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published May 10, 2006· Updated Apr 16, 2026

CVE-2006-2082

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
cpe:2.3:a:id_software:quake_3_engine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-May/045906.htmlnvd
securityreason.com/securityalert/880nvd
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/433349/100/0/threadednvd
www.securityfocus.com/bid/17924nvd
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26347nvd

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