CVE-2020-8655
EyesOfNetwork Improper Privilege Management Vulnerability
This vulnerability is in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: attackers are using it. If you run EyesOfNetwork, fix it now.
CISA required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
US federal civilian agencies must remediate by May 3, 2022.
Patch status
No official fix confirmed yet
Until a fix ships, follow the vendor's mitigations and CISA's required action, limit exposure of affected systems, and watch this record for a patch.
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.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database. Official vulnerability data, reproduced as published.
Affected products
| Product | Vendor | Affected versions | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| EyesOfNetwork | EyesOfNetwork | 5.3-0 | KEV |
Sources: KEV = CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.
Intelligence timeline
Developments from the last 30 days, newest first.
- CVSS scoredUpdateKEV
CVE-2020-8655 scored CVSS 7.8: EyesOfNetwork EyesOfNetwork, EyesOfNetwork Improper Privilege Management Vulnerability
CISA lists this as exploited in the wild. Unpatched EyesOfNetwork systems are exposed to active attacks now.
Basis: NIST National Vulnerability Database
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