cve/2015/CVE-2015-2996.md

### [CVE-2015-2996](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-2996)
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### Description

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.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132138/SysAid-Help-Desk-14.4-Code-Execution-Denial-Of-Service-Traversal-SQL-Injection.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Jun/8

#### Github
- https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/kenzer-templates