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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.0

CVE-2004-1958 json

Directory traversal vulnerability in manifest.ini in Unreal engine allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via .. (dot dot) se…

published 2004-12-31 21 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2004-1950

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.4%
EPSS 2.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 84%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Directory traversal vulnerability in manifest.ini in Unreal engine allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via .. (dot dot) sequences in a UMOD (Unreal MOD) file.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-24041)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

2.44% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 84% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-24041 Epic Games Unreal Tournament Engine 3 - UMOD Manifest.INI Arbitrary File Overwrite remote, 2004-04-22
  • aluigi.altervista.org http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/umod-adv.txt referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10196 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

References

Sources

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