VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-1999-1229

CVSS score2.1 NONE
EPSS probability0.47%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published1998-02-25
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

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.

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-Other

Primary references