{"id":"CVE-2000-0589","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2000-0589","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T19:37:06.080Z","title":"SawMill 5.0.21 uses weak encryption to store passwords, which allows attackers to easily decrypt the password and modify the SawMill configuration.","description":"SawMill 5.0.21 uses weak encryption to store passwords, which allows attackers to easily decrypt the password and modify the SawMill configuration.","published":"2000-06-26T04:00:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T21:52:04.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"},"cwe":["CWE-310"],"affected":["sawmill/sawmill"],"epss":{"score":0.03668,"percentile":0.8957,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"2000-06-26","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":20042,"kind":"exploit","title":"Flowerfire Sawmill 5.0.21 - Weak Password Encryption","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/20042","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/unix/local/20042.c","file":"exploits/unix/local/20042.c","published":"2000-06-26","added":"2000-06-26","updated":"2012-07-23","author":"Larry W. Cashdollar","type":"local","platform":"unix","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["CVE-2000-0589","OSVDB-353"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":"https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1403/info"}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified) and the impact is high, while EPSS rates exploitation at 3.7%. Anyone can run this; patch or mitigate before the next change window and check exposed instances for signs of use."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-06/0271.html","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0080.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1403","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-06/0271.html","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0080.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1403","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2000-0589","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}