{"id":"CVE-2002-0770","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2002-0770","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T20:51:15.026Z","title":"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 \"$\" macros, which causes the server to expand the…","description":"Quake 2 (Q2) server 3.20 and 3.21 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive server cvar variables, obtain directory listings, and execute Q2 server admin commands via a client that does not expand \"$\" macros, which causes the server to expand the macros and leak the information, as demonstrated using \"say $rcon_password.\"","published":"2002-08-12T04:00:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T21:58:06.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":[],"affected":["id software/quake 2i server"],"epss":{"score":0.05526,"percentile":0.92757,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"2002-05-15","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":21450,"kind":"exploit","title":"id Software Quake II Server 3.20/3.21 - Remote Information Disclosure","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/21450","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/multiple/remote/21450.txt","file":"exploits/multiple/remote/21450.txt","published":"2002-05-15","added":"2002-05-15","updated":"2012-09-22","author":"Redix","type":"remote","platform":"multiple","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["CVE-2002-0770","OSVDB-9850"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":"https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4744/info"}]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"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."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/272548","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9095.php","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/970915","tags":["US Government Resource"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.osvdb.org/11187","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.quakesrc.org/forum/topicDisplay.php?topicID=160","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4744","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/272548","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9095.php","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/970915","tags":["US Government Resource"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.osvdb.org/11187","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.quakesrc.org/forum/topicDisplay.php?topicID=160","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4744","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-0770","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}