CVE-2020-8657
EyesOfNetwork: Use of Hard-Coded Credentials
As of , CVE-2020-8657 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
- 0.92Higher 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 1 Exploit-DB entry (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 a use of hard-coded credentials vulnerability, as it uses the same API key by default. Exploitation allows an attacker to calculate or guess the admin access token.
CISA's description
An issue was discovered in EyesOfNetwork 5.3. The installation uses the same API key (hardcoded as EONAPI_KEY in include/api_functions.php for API version 2.4.2) by default for all installations, hence allowing an attacker to calculate/guess the admin access token.
The CVE record's description, from mitre
- CVE published
- 6 February 2020
- Assigned by
- mitre
- CVSS
- 9.8 Critical (CVSS 3.1, from CISA-ADP)
- CWE-798
- Use of Hard-coded Credentials
- CISA SSVC, exploitation
- active
- CISA SSVC, automatable
- yes
- CISA SSVC, technical impact
- total
Timeline
- The CVE record was published.
- 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
EyesOfNetwork: other exploited entries
| Vulnerability | Product | Our group | Listed | Deadline | EPSS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2020-8655Improper Privilege Management | EyesOfNetwork EyesOfNetwork | Patch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.60; verified Exploit-DB entry | 0.60 |
Read further
- CVE recordcve.org
- NVD entrynvd.nist.gov
- CISA's catalogcisa.gov
- EPSS for this CVEapi.first.org