CVE-2020-8655
EyesOfNetwork: Improper Privilege Management
As of , CVE-2020-8655 in EyesOfNetwork is on CISA's list of exploited vulnerabilities: CISA listed it on . Our patch-first group: Patch this week.
- Exploited
- Yes: CISA listed it on 3 November 2021
- US federal deadline
- 3 May 2022181 days after CISA listed it. US federal civilian agencies must fix it by then.
- Used in ransomware campaigns
- Not known to CISA
- EPSS score
- 0.60Higher than 99% of the CVEs EPSS scores. EPSS estimates the chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS when listed
- Not availableCISA listed it before 4 February 2022, where the EPSS files we read begin.
- Public exploit
- 1 Metasploit module and 2 Exploit-DB entries (1 verified)
- Fix
- No vendor link in CISA's entry
What CISA says to do
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
CISA's required action
What the flaw is
EyesOfNetwork contains an improper privilege management vulnerability that may allow a user to run commands as root via a crafted Nmap Scripting Engine (NSE) script to nmap7.
CISA's 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.
The CVE record's description, from mitre
- CVE published
- 6 February 2020
- Assigned by
- mitre
- CVSS
- 7.8 High (CVSS 3.1, from CISA-ADP)
- CWE-269
- Improper Privilege Management
- CISA SSVC, exploitation
- active
- CISA SSVC, automatable
- no
- CISA SSVC, technical impact
- total
Timeline
- The CVE record was published.
- Exploit-DB published an exploit (EDB-ID 48025).
- Exploit-DB published an exploit (EDB-ID 48169).
- CISA added it to its list of exploited vulnerabilities.
- The US federal deadline to fix it.
Public exploits
Facts from Metasploit's module list and Exploit-DB's index; we never copy exploit code.
- Metasploit: EyesOfNetwork 5.1-5.3 AutoDiscovery Target Command Executionexploit module, rank excellent
- Exploit-DB: EyesOfNetwork - AutoDiscovery Target Command Execution (Metasploit)EDB-ID 48169, verified by Exploit-DB, 5 March 2020
- Exploit-DB: EyesOfNetwork 5.3 - Remote Code ExecutionEDB-ID 48025, 7 February 2020
EyesOfNetwork: other exploited entries
| Vulnerability | Product | Our group | Listed | Deadline | EPSS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2020-8657Use of Hard-Coded Credentials | EyesOfNetwork EyesOfNetwork | Patch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.92; verified Exploit-DB entry | 0.92 |
Read further
- CVE recordcve.org
- NVD entrynvd.nist.gov
- CISA's catalogcisa.gov
- EPSS for this CVEapi.first.org