CVE-2020-24102 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Directory Traversal vulnerability in Punkbuster pbsv.d64 2.351, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.03592.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

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Project Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
Evenbalance Subscribe	Punkbuster Subscribe

Advisories

No advisories yet.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://medium.com/%40prizmant/hacking-punkbuster-e22e6cf2f36e

History

Tue, 24 Feb 2026 19:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Evenbalance Evenbalance punkbuster
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:evenbalance:punkbuster::::::::
Vendors & Products		Evenbalance Evenbalance punkbuster
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2024-07-22T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-04T15:05:11.863Z

Reserved: 2020-08-13T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-24102

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T15:05:11.863Z

NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2024-07-22T18:15:02.967

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:14:23.637

Link: CVE-2020-24102

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-22

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