PT-2015-6037 · Sysaid · Sysaid Help Desk

Pedro Ribeiro · Published 2015-06-08 · Updated 2018-10-09 · CVE-2015-2993

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions SysAid Help Desk versions prior to 15.2

Description The issue allows remote attackers to create administrator accounts via a crafted request to "/createnewaccount" or write to arbitrary files via the fileName parameter to "/userentry".

Recommendations For versions prior to 15.2, update to version 15.2 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the "/createnewaccount" and "/userentry" API endpoints until a patch is available. Avoid using the fileName parameter in the "/userentry" endpoint until the issue is resolved.

Exploit

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

CVE-2015-2993

Affected Products

Sysaid Help Desk

References · 9

• 🔥 https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/auxiliary/admin/http/sysaid_admin_acct.rb · Exploit
• 🔥 http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Jun/8 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/43885 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132138/SysAid-Help-Desk-14.4-Code-Execution-Denial-Of-Service-Traversal-SQL-Injection.html · Exploit
• https://sysaid.com/blog/entry/sysaid-15-2-your-voice-your-service-desk · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-2993 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/535679/100/0/threaded · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-2993 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/75038 · Note