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CVE-2017-5496

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FAUCET Score

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.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
8.7.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sawmill:sawmill:8.7.9:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
5.77%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
92.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-41395 · Feb 18, 2017
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0577 is in the 87th percentile among its peer group of 36,835 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

hyp3rlinx.altervista.org / advisories/SAWMILL-PASS-THE-HASH-AUTHENTICATION-BYPASS.txt
Third Party Advisory
packetstormsecurity.com / files/141177/Sawmill-Enterprise-8.7.9-Authentication-Bypass.html
Third Party Advisory
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2017/Feb/46
Third Party Advisory
exploit-db.com / exploits/41395