CVE-2015-2996

Exp

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.

Published: 2015-06-08 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2015-2996 is rated High Exploit Risk (83.1/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 88.23%, 99th percentile). 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2015-2996

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
43885 exploit_db edb 2015-06-10 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2015-2996

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-03-17 89.00% 88.23% -0.77%
2 2025-10-10 91.61% 89.00% -2.61%
3 2025-10-09 — 91.61% —

Full EPSS history (18 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2015-2996

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
8.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 10.0 7.8 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2015-2996

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2015-2996

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
sysaid sysaid <= 15.1 cpe:2.3:a:sysaid:sysaid:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2015-2996

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