CVE-2004-2594

MEDIUM 5.0CVE-2004-2594 · Published 31/12/2004 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2004-2594 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability affecting quake ii server windows (id software).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.8%, higher than 78.5% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
quake ii server windows id_software	`= 3.20= 3.21`	No fix yet

Description

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".

References

archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2004-10/0299.html · Exploit
secunia.com/advisories/13013 · Vendor Advisory
secur1ty.net/advisories/001 · Exploit
securitytracker.com/id · Exploit
web.archive.org/web/20041130092749/www.r1ch.net/stuff/r1q2
osvdb.org/11183
securityfocus.com/bid/11551
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17892

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