CVE-2020-8655 is a privilege escalation vulnerability in EyesOfNetwork versions 5.1 through 5.3. It allows an unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary commands as root by exploiting a misconfigured sudoers file via a crafted Nmap NSE script. This high-severity flaw (CVSS 7.8) has a low attack complexity and can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The vulnerability is actively exploited in the wild, with public exploit code available in Metasploit and ExploitDB, despite limited community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
5.3-0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:eyesofnetwork:eyesofnetwork:5.3-0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.