CVE-2020-8655

eyesofnetwork

Published 7 Feb 2020 · updated 17 Jun 2026 · Analyzed

7.8 High · CVSS 3.1, NVD

Exploited in the wild

CISA added this to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 3 Nov 2021, with a remediation deadline of 3 May 2022 for US federal agencies.

Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

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.

References

packetstormsecurity.com/files/156266/EyesOfNetwork-5.3-Remote-Code-Execution.html · Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
packetstormsecurity.com/files/156605/EyesOfNetwork-AutoDiscovery-Target-Command-Execution.html · Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
github.com/EyesOfNetworkCommunity/eonconf/issues/8 · Exploit, Third Party Advisory
www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-8655 · US Government Resource