What is the severity of CVE-2020-8655?

CVE-2020-8655 is classified as a high severity vulnerability due to its potential for privilege escalation.

How do I fix CVE-2020-8655?

To mitigate CVE-2020-8655, update EyesOfNetwork to the latest version that addresses the sudoers configuration vulnerability.

Who is affected by CVE-2020-8655?

CVE-2020-8655 affects users of EyesOfNetwork version 5.3-0 that have misconfigured sudoers permissions.

What type of vulnerability is CVE-2020-8655?

CVE-2020-8655 is a privilege escalation vulnerability that allows unauthorized command execution as root.

What systems are primarily impacted by CVE-2020-8655?

CVE-2020-8655 primarily impacts systems running EyesOfNetwork version 5.3-0 with the Apache user permissions inappropriately configured.

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CVE-2020-8655

Exploited

critical

9.3

CWE

269

6/2/2020

4/2/2025

CVE-2020-8655: EyesOfNetwork Improper Privilege Management Vulnerability

First published: Thu Feb 06 2020(Updated: )

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.

Credit: cve@mitre.org cve@mitre.org

Affected Software	Affected Version	How to fix
EyesOfNetwork EyesOfNetwork	=5.3-0
EyesOfNetwork EyesOfNetwork
	=5.3-0

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What is the severity of CVE-2020-8655?
CVE-2020-8655 is classified as a high severity vulnerability due to its potential for privilege escalation.
How do I fix CVE-2020-8655?
To mitigate CVE-2020-8655, update EyesOfNetwork to the latest version that addresses the sudoers configuration vulnerability.
Who is affected by CVE-2020-8655?
CVE-2020-8655 affects users of EyesOfNetwork version 5.3-0 that have misconfigured sudoers permissions.
What type of vulnerability is CVE-2020-8655?
CVE-2020-8655 is a privilege escalation vulnerability that allows unauthorized command execution as root.
What systems are primarily impacted by CVE-2020-8655?
CVE-2020-8655 primarily impacts systems running EyesOfNetwork version 5.3-0 with the Apache user permissions inappropriately configured.

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