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CVE-2002-0770

MEDIUM CVSS: 5.0 Published: 2002-08-12 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

Quake 2 (Q2) server 3.20 and 3.21 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive server cvar variables, obtain directory listings, and execute Q2 server admin commands via a client that does not expand "$" macros, which causes the server to expand the macros and leak the information, as demonstrated using "say $rcon_password."

Affected Platforms

Id Software Quake 2I Server

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References