CVE-2017-5496 describes a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in Sawmill Enterprise version 8.7.9, allowing remote attackers to gain full login access by exploiting knowledge of a password hash. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this flaw is easily exploitable over the network with no user interaction, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
8.7.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sawmill:sawmill:8.7.9:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.