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high 7.5

CVE-2015-2993 in the critical feed json

SysAid Help Desk before 15.2 does not properly restrict access to certain functionality, which allows remote attackers to (1) create admini…

published 2015-06-08 11 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2015-3075

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
55.1%
EPSS 55.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99%
public exploits
2
Metasploit, Exploit-DB

Summary

SysAid Help Desk before 15.2 does not properly restrict access to certain functionality, which allows remote attackers to (1) create administrator accounts via a crafted request to /createnewaccount or (2) write to arbitrary files via the fileName parameter to /userentry.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (Metasploit auxiliary/admin/http/sysaid_admin_acct)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

55.12% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • Metasploit auxiliary/admin/http/sysaid_admin_acct SysAid Help Desk Administrator Account Creation metasploit auxiliary, normal rank, 2015-06-03
  • EDB-43885 SysAid Help Desk 14.4 - Multiple Vulnerabilities webapps, 2015-06-10
  • seclists.org http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Jun/8 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • packetstormsecurity.com http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132138/SysAid-Help-Desk-14.4-Code-Execution-Denial-Of-Service-Traversal-SQL-Injection.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

References

Sources

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