Vulnerability CVE-1999-1229
Published: 1998-02-25   Modified: 2012-02-12

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.

Type:

CWE-Other

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
2.1/10
2.9/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
None
None
Affected software
Id software -> Quake 2 server 

 References:
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/8590
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/733
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