CVE-2020-8655
Published 2020-02-07 · Updated 2026-06-17 · Source cve@mitre.org
Summary
CVE-2020-8655 is a high-severity (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability in EyesOfNetwork EyesOfNetwork. CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on November 3, 2021, which means exploitation in the wild has been confirmed; US federal agencies had to remediate it by May 3, 2022. CISA does not currently list it as used in ransomware campaigns. EyesOfNetwork has 2 vulnerabilities in the KEV catalog, 0 of them linked to ransomware.
All 2 known-exploited EyesOfNetwork vulnerabilities →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.
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA Known-Exploited Vulnerability
Product: EyesOfNetwork — EyesOfNetwork
Name: EyesOfNetwork Improper Privilege Management Vulnerability
Date added: 2021-11-03 · Due: 2022-05-03
Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156266/EyesOfNetwork-5.3-Remote-Code-Execution.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156605/EyesOfNetwork-AutoDiscovery-Target-Command-Execution.html
- https://github.com/EyesOfNetworkCommunity/eonconf/issues/8
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156266/EyesOfNetwork-5.3-Remote-Code-Execution.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156605/EyesOfNetwork-AutoDiscovery-Target-Command-Execution.html
- https://github.com/EyesOfNetworkCommunity/eonconf/issues/8
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-8655

