Is CVE-2020-8655 actively exploited?

Yes. KEV Intelligence tracks CVE-2020-8655 as a known exploited vulnerability. Confidence is confirmed.

What exploitation activity has KEV Intelligence observed?

KEV Intelligence has not yet recorded sensor-observed exploitation attempts for CVE-2020-8655. Our sensors continue to monitor for activity targeting this CVE.

Which versions are affected?

Version-level data is not available; KEV Intelligence tracks EyesOfNetwork EyesOfNetwork.

Yes. CVE-2020-8655 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

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Exploited in the wild Confirmed confidence In CISA KEV

CVE-2020-8655

EyesOfNetwork Privilege Escalation

EyesOfNetwork / EyesOfNetwork

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Severity: CVSS 7.8 · High
Confidence: Confirmed
Exploit status: Exploited in the wild
EPSS: 60.1%
First observed: —
Last observed: —

Decision summary

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What it is

CVE-2020-8655 is an unauthenticated vulnerability affecting EyesOfNetwork EyesOfNetwork. An issue was discovered in EyesOfNetwork 5.3. The sudoers configuration is prone to a privilege escalation vulnerability,...

Is it exploited?

Yes. KEV Intelligence tracks this CVE as a known exploited vulnerability. Confidence is confirmed.

Who is affected?

EyesOfNetwork / EyesOfNetwork.

What should we do?

Prioritize remediation. Validate affected assets and apply vendor fixes on an accelerated timeline.

Overview

An issue was discovered in EyesOfNetwork 5.3

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: 06 Feb 2020
Exploitation Reported: 03 Nov 2021
Attack vector: Local
Complexity: Low
Privileges: None
User interaction: Required

CVE References

CVE Record CVE.org · CVE Record https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-8655
GitHub — EyesOfNetworkCommunity/eonconf github.com · CVE Record https://github.com/EyesOfNetworkCommunity/eonconf/issues/8
packetstormsecurity.com/files/156266/EyesOfNetwork-5.3-Remote-Code-E... packetstormsecurity.com · CVE Record http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156266/EyesOfNetwork-5.3-Remote-...
packetstormsecurity.com/files/156605/EyesOfNetwork-AutoDiscovery-Tar... packetstormsecurity.com · CVE Record http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156605/EyesOfNetwork-AutoDiscove...

Exploitation evidence

Why KEV Intelligence marks this CVE as exploited

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Exploited in the wild

CISA

Recorded 03 Nov 2021

Independent exploitation attestation added to the KEV Intelligence record.

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Source	Added
CISA First	2021-11-03 00:00 UTC

Detection

Operational artifacts and observed signals

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Observed signals

Request targets: 0
User-Agents: 0

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Scanner coverage

Metasploit template detected 28 Apr 2025.

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Virtual patch status

No KEV Intelligence virtual patch is currently available. Future rules ship for ModSecurity, Cloudflare, and AWS WAF.

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Scanner Artifacts

Scanner and exploit-framework references linked to this CVE.

Scanner	Reference	Detected
Metasploit	https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/linux/http/eyesofnetwork_autodiscovery_rce.rb	28 Apr 2025

Risk and context

Severity, weaknesses, and research context

CVSS v3.1

7.8 High

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

60.1%

Weaknesses

Improper Privilege Management CWE-269

All CVSS Scores

CVSS v3.1 7.8 High

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0 9.3 High

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Timeline

From disclosure to observed exploitation

28 Apr 2025
Metasploit module available

Exploit module available
03 Nov 2021
Added to CISA KEV

Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
06 Feb 2020
CVE published

Vulnerability disclosed publicly
06 Feb 2020
CVE ID reserved

Identifier reserved by the CNA

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  "cve_id": "CVE-2020-8655",
  "confidence": "Confirmed",
  "cvss_score": 7.8,
  "cvss_estimated": false,
  "epss_score": 0.60075,
  "exploit_status": {
    "exploited_in_the_wild": true,
    "active_exploitation_observed": false
  },
  "sensor_telemetry": { "attempts": 0, "sensors": 0 }
}

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