CVE-2002-0770
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 "$" macros, which causes the server to expand the…
Does this matter?
A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified), so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 5.5%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet.
Description
Quake 2 (Q2) server 3.20 and 3.21 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive server cvar variables, obtain directory listings, and execute Q2 server admin commands via a client that does not expand "$" macros, which causes the server to expand the macros and leak the information, as demonstrated using "say $rcon_password."
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 5.53% probability · 93th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 15 May 2002
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- id software/quake 2i server
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 5.5% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/272548
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9095.phpVendor Advisory
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/970915US Government Resource
- http://www.osvdb.org/11187
- http://www.quakesrc.org/forum/topicDisplay.php?topicID=160Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4744Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/272548
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9095.phpVendor Advisory
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/970915US Government Resource
- http://www.osvdb.org/11187
- http://www.quakesrc.org/forum/topicDisplay.php?topicID=160Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4744Patch, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.