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CVE-2015-2993

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 55.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2015-06-08 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-264

Description

SysAid Help Desk before 15.2 does not properly restrict access to certain functionality, which allows remote attackers to (1) create administrator accounts via a crafted request to /createnewaccount or (2) write to arbitrary files via the fileName parameter to /userentry.

Affected products

• Sysaid: through 15.1

References

• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132138/SysAid-Help-Desk-14.4-Code-Execution-Denial-Of-Service-Traversal-SQL-Injection.html
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Jun/8
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/535679/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75038
• https://www.sysaid.com/blog/entry/sysaid-15-2-your-voice-your-service-desk
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132138/SysAid-Help-Desk-14.4-Code-Execution-Denial-Of-Service-Traversal-SQL-Injection.html
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Jun/8
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/535679/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75038
• https://www.sysaid.com/blog/entry/sysaid-15-2-your-voice-your-service-desk

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