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medium 5.0

CVE-2004-2594 json

Absolute path traversal vulnerability in Quake II server before R1Q2 on Windows, as used in multiple products, allows remote attackers to r…

published 2004-12-31 21 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2004-2585

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.8%
EPSS 1.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 78%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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".

Exploit prediction

1.80% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 78% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • securitytracker.com http://securitytracker.com/id?1011979 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • secur1ty.net http://secur1ty.net/advisories/001 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • archives.neohapsis.com http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2004-10/0299.html 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:P/I:N/A:N

References

Sources

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