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.
Published 2020-02-07 00:15:10
Updated 2022-01-01 19:57:10
Source MITRE
View at NVD,   CVE.org
Vulnerability category: Gain privilege

Products affected by CVE-2020-8655

CVE-2020-8655 is in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog

CISA vulnerability name:
EyesOfNetwork Improper Privilege Management Vulnerability
CISA required action:
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
CISA description:
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.
Notes:
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8655
Added on 2021-11-03 Action due date 2022-05-03

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2020-8655

1.12%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History
~ 84 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

Metasploit modules for CVE-2020-8655

  • EyesOfNetwork 5.1-5.3 AutoDiscovery Target Command Execution
    Disclosure Date: 2020-02-06
    First seen: 2020-04-26
    exploit/linux/http/eyesofnetwork_autodiscovery_rce
    This module exploits multiple vulnerabilities in EyesOfNetwork version 5.1, 5.2 and 5.3 in order to execute arbitrary commands as root. This module takes advantage of a command injection vulnerability in the `target` parameter of the AutoDiscovery functionality with

CVSS scores for CVE-2020-8655

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source First Seen
9.3
HIGH AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
8.6
10.0
NIST
7.8
HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
1.8
5.9
NIST

CWE ids for CVE-2020-8655

  • The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.
    Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

References for CVE-2020-8655

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