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CVE-1999-1229

LOW CVSS: 2.1 Published: 1998-02-25 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

Quake 2 server 3.13 on Linux does not properly check file permissions for the config.cfg configuration file, which allows local users to read arbitrary files via a symlink from config.cfg to the target file.

Affected Platforms

Id Software Quake 2 Server

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References