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CVE-2015-2998
published 2015-06-08

CVE-2015-2998: SysAid Help Desk before 15.2 uses a hardcoded encryption key, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain sensitive information, as demonstrated by…

PriorityP342medium5CVSS 2.0
AVNACLAuNCPINAN
EXPLOIT
EPSS
26.35%
97.7th percentile
SysAid Help Desk before 15.2 uses a hardcoded encryption key, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain sensitive information, as demonstrated by decrypting the database password in WEB-INF/conf/serverConf.xml.

Affected

1 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
sysaidsysaid<= 15.1

Detection & IOCsextracted from sources · hover to see the quote

pathWEB-INF/conf/serverConf.xml
  • Monitor for unauthenticated HTTP requests attempting to download WEB-INF/conf/serverConf.xml from SysAid Help Desk installations, which may indicate exploitation of the arbitrary file download vulnerability.
  • Alert on access to serverConf.xml via web-facing SysAid endpoints; the file contains database credentials encrypted with a hardcoded, publicly known key, making any exfiltration immediately actionable by an attacker.
  • ·Vulnerability affects SysAid Help Desk versions before 15.2; exploitation has been confirmed on SysAid 14.4 on both Windows and Linux platforms.
  • ·The Metasploit module targets SysAid 14.4 on Windows and Linux; detection rules and hunting queries should be scoped to these platforms and version range.
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