CVE-2020-8655 vulnerability in Eyesofnetwork Products
Published on February 7, 2020
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.
Known Exploited Vulnerability
This EyesOfNetwork 5.3 Privilege Escalation Vulnerability is part of CISA's list of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities. Issue 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 following remediation steps are recommended / required by May 3, 2022: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2020-8655 can be exploited with local system access, requires user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. This vulnerability is known to be actively exploited by threat actors. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.
Weakness Type
Improper Privilege Management
The software does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.
Products Associated with CVE-2020-8655
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Exploit Probability
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