CVE Catalog

CVE-2017-6903

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

In ioquake3 before 2017-03-14, the auto-downloading feature has insufficient content restrictions. A malicious auto-downloaded file can trigger loading of crafted files as native code DLLs.

Risk Assessment

Malicious files can override user settings and introduce unwanted native code DLLs, leading to sandbox escape.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the software to the latest version to patch this vulnerability and implement additional restrictions on auto-downloading.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

In ioquake3 before 2017-03-14, the auto-downloading feature has insufficient content restrictions. This also affects Quake III Arena, OpenArena, OpenJK, iortcw, and other id Tech 3 (aka Quake 3 engine) forks. A malicious auto-downloaded file can trigger loading of crafted auto-downloaded files as native code DLLs. A malicious auto-downloaded file can contain configuration defaults that override the user's. Executable bytecode in a malicious auto-downloaded file can set configuration variables to values that will result in unwanted native code DLLs being loaded, resulting in sandbox escape.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS