CVE-2015-2996

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.

Public exploits

Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.

Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.

Metasploit 2 modules

SysAid Help Desk Database Credentials Disclosure
auxiliary/admin/http/sysaid_sql_creds
SysAid Help Desk Arbitrary File Download
auxiliary/admin/http/sysaid_file_download

Exploit-DB 1

SysAid Help Desk 14.4 - Multiple Vulnerabilities EDB-43885 · webapps · Jun 10, 2015

Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.

Automated scanner template

A ready-made Nuclei template detects this vulnerability automatically. Vulnerabilities with public scanner templates are typically probed across the internet soon after the template appears — exposed systems should be patched first.

SysAid Help Desk <15.2 - Local File Inclusion http/cves/2015/CVE-2015-2996.yaml

Source: projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates (MIT) — updated daily. Only links are listed.

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in SysAid Help Desk before 15.2 allow remote attackers to (1) read arbitrary files via a .. (d…