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CVE-2006-2082

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-2082 describes a directory traversal vulnerability within the Quake 3 engine, impacting games like Quake3 Arena and Return to Castle Wolfenstein, when the sv_allowdownload cvar is enabled. This flaw allows remote attackers to read arbitrary server files by using "../" sequences in .pk3 file requests. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is considered highly severe, allowing for network-based attacks with low complexity and no authentication, potentially leading to information disclosure and data manipulation. Despite its age and severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:id_software:quake_3_engine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.63%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
84.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0263 is in the 72nd percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

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