CVE-2015-2996

Severity: high (CVSS 8.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 86.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2015-06-08 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in SysAid Help Desk before 15.2 allow remote attackers to (1) read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the fileName parameter to getGfiUpgradeFile or (2) cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) via a .. (dot dot) in the fileName parameter to calculateRdsFileChecksum.

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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