Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jun 30, 2006· Updated Apr 16, 2026
CVE-2006-3325
CVE-2006-3325
Description
client/cl_parse.c in the id3 Quake 3 Engine 1.32c and the Icculus Quake 3 Engine (ioquake3) revision 810 and earlier allows remote malicious servers to overwrite arbitrary write-protected cvars variables on the client, such as cl_allowdownload for Automatic Downloading and fs_homepath for the quake3 path, via a string of cvar names and values sent from the server. NOTE: this can be combined with another vulnerability to overwrite arbitrary files.
Affected products
11cpe:2.3:a:id_software:quake_3_engine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 10 more
- cpe:2.3:a:id_software:quake_3_engine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:id_software:quake_3_engine:1.32b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:id_software:quake_3_engine:1.32c:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:id_software:quake_3_engine:icculus_803:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:id_software:quake_3_engine:icculus_804:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:id_software:quake_3_engine:icculus_805:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:id_software:quake_3_engine:icculus_806:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:id_software:quake_3_engine:icculus_807:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:id_software:quake_3_engine:icculus_808:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:id_software:quake_3_engine:icculus_809:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:id_software:quake_3_engine:icculus_810:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
10- aluigi.altervista.org/adv/q3cfilevar-adv.txtnvdExploit
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/18685nvdExploit
- secunia.com/advisories/20401nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/20851nvdVendor Advisory
- securityreason.com/securityalert/1171nvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/438515/100/0/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/438660/100/0/threadednvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2569nvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26889nvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27486nvd
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