CVE-2004-2594

high

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

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17892

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11551

http://www.osvdb.org/11183

http://web.archive.org/web/20041130092749/www.r1ch.net/stuff/r1q2/

http://secunia.com/advisories/13013

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2004-12-31

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00874