CVE-2015-2996

high
Published 2015-06-08 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
8.5
VIR risk
8.5

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://www.sysaid.com/blog/entry/sysaid-15-2-your-voice-your-service-desk

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
sysaidsysaid{"endIncluding":"15.1"}

References

CWEs

CWE-22

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.