CVE-2015-2997 Information disclosure in n/a
Remote attackers can obtain sensitive installation path information via directory traversal in the accountid parameter of SysAid Help Desk.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2015-2997?
CVE-2015-2997 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 8 Jun 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
SysAid Help Desk before 15.2 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via an invalid value in the accountid parameter to getAgentLogFile, as demonstrated by a large directory traversal sequence, which reveals the installation path in an error message.
Weakness: CWE-200
Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-2997?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Sysaid Sysaid.
How do I fix CVE-2015-2997?
No fix has been published for CVE-2015-2997 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2015-2997 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2015-2997 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Metasploit module and 1 Exploit-DB entry.
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- CVE-2025-2777 SysAid On-Prem <= 23.3.40 lshw Proceessing XML External Entity Injection
Sources
Also known as GHSA-76mr-hhhx-xpg8.