CVE-1999-1229 — LOW severity vulnerability (Quake 2 server 3.13 on Linux does not properly check file pe)
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.
| CVE ID | CVE-1999-1229 |
|---|---|
| Severity | LOW |
| CVSS score | 2.1 |
| CVSS vector | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
| CWE | NVD-CWE-Other |
| Status | Modified |
| Published | 1998-02-25 |
| Last modified | 2026-04-16 |
| 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. |
| Source | NIST National Vulnerability Database |
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