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.
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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2006-06-30T23:00:00

Updated: 2018-10-18T14:57:01

Reserved: 2006-06-30T00:00:00


Link: CVE-2006-3325

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Modified

Published: 2006-06-30T23:05:00.000

Modified: 2018-10-18T16:46:49.937


Link: CVE-2006-3325

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