CVE-2020-8655 — 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.

01What is this 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.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

03Active exploitation status

Yes — actively exploited. Added to the CISA KEV catalog on 2021-11-03. Ransomware use: Unknown.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2020-02-06T23:58:09.000Z
• Last modified: 2025-10-21T23:35:52.277Z
• Added to CISA KEV: 2021-11-03
• BOD 22-01 due: 2022-05-03

09References

• github.com — https://github.com/EyesOfNetworkCommunity/eonconf/issues/8
• packetstormsecurity.com — http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156266/EyesOfNetwork-5.3-Remote-Code-Execut…
• packetstormsecurity.com — http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156605/EyesOfNetwork-AutoDiscovery-Target-C…