CVE-2020-8655

7.8 HIGH CISA KEV - Actively Exploited

Published: February 07, 2020 Modified: November 10, 2025

Description

An issue was discovered in EyesOfNetwork 5.3. The sudoers configuration is prone to a privilege escalation vulnerability, allowing the apache user to run arbitrary commands as root via a crafted NSE script for nmap 7.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0

Vector String

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156266/EyesOfNetwork-5.3-Remote-Code-Execution.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156605/EyesOfNetwork-AutoDiscovery-Target-Command-Execution.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

https://github.com/EyesOfNetworkCommunity/eonconf/issues/8

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156266/EyesOfNetwork-5.3-Remote-Code-Execution.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156605/EyesOfNetwork-AutoDiscovery-Target-Command-Execution.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

https://github.com/EyesOfNetworkCommunity/eonconf/issues/8

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Exploit Third Party Advisory

https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-8655

Source: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

US Government Resource

7 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score

7.8 / 10.0

EPSS (Exploit Probability)

82.2%

99th percentile

Exploitation Status

Actively Exploited

Remediation due: 2022-05-03

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-269 CWE-269

Affected Vendors

eyesofnetwork

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