{"id":"CVE-2006-3325","details":"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.","modified":"2026-04-10T03:38:29.157557Z","published":"2006-06-30T23:05:00Z","references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/20401"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/20851"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2569"},{"type":"EVIDENCE","url":"http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/q3cfilevar-adv.txt"},{"type":"EVIDENCE","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18685"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1171"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/438515/100/0/threaded"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/438660/100/0/threaded"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26889"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27486"}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}