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Vulnerability record · CVE-2004-1958 · published 31 December 2004

CVE-2004-1958: Epic games unreal engine vulnerability

Epic Games · Unreal Engine

Directory traversal vulnerability in manifest.ini in Unreal engine allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via .. (dot dot) sequences in a UMOD (Unreal MOD) file.

5.0 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 2.4% · top 16.3%
5.0CVSS 2.0 base score
2.4%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
3Affected product versions listed by NVD
8References, 4 tagged exploit
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in manifest.ini in Unreal engine allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via .. (dot dot) sequences in a UMOD (Unreal MOD) file.

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected products

3 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/umod-adv.txt Exploit
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108267310519459&w=2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10196 Exploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15942
http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/umod-adv.txt Exploit
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108267310519459&w=2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10196 Exploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15942

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2004-1958), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.