CVE-2017-5496
Sawmill Enterprise 8.7.9 allows remote attackers to gain login access by leveraging knowledge of...
Sawmill Enterprise 8.7.9 allows remote attackers to gain login access by leveraging knowledge of a password hash.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Sawmill Enterprise 8.7.9 allows remote attackers to gain login access by leveraging knowledge of a password hash.
- Record
CVE-2017-5496- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Sawmill Enterprise 8.7.9 allows remote attackers to gain login access by leveraging knowledge of a password hash.
- Record
CVE-2017-5496- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-14600 No score
Sawmill Enterprise 8.7.9 allows remote attackers to gain login access by leveraging knowledge of a password hash.
- Record
EUVD-2017-14600- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-jrvj-xppf-6ggc
Sawmill Enterprise 8.7.9 allows remote attackers to gain login access by leveraging knowledge of...
Sawmill Enterprise 8.7.9 allows remote attackers to gain login access by leveraging knowledge of a password hash.
- Record
GHSA-jrvj-xppf-6ggc- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit-DB | Sawmill Enterprise 8.7.9 - Authentication Bypass | 2017-02-18 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2017-5496 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Sawmill, published March 15, 2017. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 5.77%, the 93rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
exploit-db.com/exploits/41395
packetstormsecurity.com/files/141177/Sawmill-Enterprise-8.7.9-Authentication-Bypass.html
seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Feb/46
hyp3rlinx.altervista.org/advisories/SAWMILL-PASS-THE-HASH-AUTHENTICATION-BYPASS.txt
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5496
github.com/advisories/GHSA-jrvj-xppf-6ggc