CVE-2020-8655
highpriority · act · 90OT risk · criticalKEV · exploitedEPSS 0.601 · 99 %ileexploit · weaponizedEUUSadded 2021-11-03remediate by 2022-05-03
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EPSS · scored 2026-10-27
EyesOfNetwork Improper Privilege Management Vulnerability
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
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
ssvc
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weaknesses
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exploits (3)
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- EDB-48169EyesOfNetwork - AutoDiscovery Target Command Execution (Metasploit)functional · exploit_db
- EDB-48025EyesOfNetwork 5.3 - Remote Code ExecutionPoC · exploit_db
affected products (2)
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also known as (3)
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sources
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references (13)
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- https://github.com/EyesOfNetworkCommunity/eonconf/issues/8cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8655cnnvd
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156266/EyesOfNetwork-5.3-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlcnnvd
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156605/EyesOfNetwork-AutoDiscovery-Target-Command-Execution.htmlcnnvd
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/48025cnnvd
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/48169cnnvd
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156266/EyesOfNetwork-5.3-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156605/EyesOfNetwork-AutoDiscovery-Target-Command-Execution.htmlenisa_euvd
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