ID Software Quake II Server Windows up to 3.19 pathname path traversal
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A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in ID Software Quake II Server Windows up to 3.19. Affected is an unknown functionality. The manipulation of the argument pathname
with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. CVE summarizes:
Absolute path traversal vulnerability in Quake II server before R1Q2 on Windows, as used in multiple products, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a "\/" in a pathname argument, as demonstrated by "download \/server.cfg".
The weakness was disclosed 10/27/2004 by Richard Stanway (Website). The advisory is shared for download at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2004-2594 since 11/29/2005. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Technical details and a exploit are known. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1006.
After even before and not, there has been an exploit disclosed. It is declared as proof-of-concept.
Upgrading to version 3.20 eliminates this vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (17892). The entries 18656, 23477, 23476 and 23475 are pretty similar.
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CPE 2.3
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Exploiting
Class: Path traversalCWE: CWE-22
ATT&CK: T1006
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Proof-of-Concept
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OpenVAS ID: 52222
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: quake2forge
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Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Upgrade: Quake II Server Windows 3.20
Timeline
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Sources
Advisory: archives.neohapsis.comResearcher: Richard Stanway
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2004-2594 (🔍)
X-Force: 17892
SecurityTracker: 1011979 - Quake II Has Multiple Bugs That Let Remote Users Obtain Information, Deny Service, and Possibly Execute Arbitrary Code
SecurityFocus: 11551 - ID Software Quake II Server Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 13013 - Quake2 Engine Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 11183 - Quake 2 Server Win32 Auto Download Arbitrary File Access
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entry
Created: 03/09/2015 16:55Updated: 07/19/2017 10:02
Changes: 03/09/2015 16:55 (66), 07/19/2017 10:02 (7)
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