CVE-2017-5496
Sawmill Enterprise 8.7.9 allows remote attackers to gain login access by leveraging knowledge of a password hash.
Does this matter?
A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB and the impact is critical, while EPSS rates exploitation at 5.8%. Anyone can run this; patch or mitigate before the next change window and check exposed instances for signs of use.
Description
Sawmill Enterprise 8.7.9 allows remote attackers to gain login access by leveraging knowledge of a password hash.
- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 5.77% probability · 93th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · first 18 February 2017
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-200
- Affected
- sawmill/sawmill
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS moved from 4.0% on 21 September 2026 to 5.8% on 27 October 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://hyp3rlinx.altervista.org/advisories/SAWMILL-PASS-THE-HASH-AUTHENTICATION-BYPASS.txtThird Party Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/141177/Sawmill-Enterprise-8.7.9-Authentication-Bypass.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Feb/46Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41395/
- http://hyp3rlinx.altervista.org/advisories/SAWMILL-PASS-THE-HASH-AUTHENTICATION-BYPASS.txtThird Party Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/141177/Sawmill-Enterprise-8.7.9-Authentication-Bypass.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Feb/46Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41395/
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