Threats / EyesOfNetwork / CVE-2020-8655
CVE-2020-8655
· EUVD no mirror located
· GCVE no mirror located
Verified 2026-06-22
EyesOfNetwork vulnerability
EyesOfNetwork contains an improper privilege management vulnerability allowing users to execute arbitrary commands as root through crafted Nmap Scripting Engine scripts.
Verdict
Today item — known-exploited.
A local privilege escalation flaw in EyesOfNetwork permits authenticated users to gain root-level command execution by supplying malicious NSE scripts to the nmap7 utility, enabling full system compromise.
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Is it exploitable?
— the evidence, ranked above the scoreExploit available
Public proof-of-concept exploit code is cataloged for this vulnerability.We link the existence of the exploit; we do not host or redistribute payloads.
Reported exploitation
1 independent public report of in-the-wild exploitation are cataloged.Distinct reporting sources (vendor, incident response, government); open them for the underlying claims.
Exploited in the wild
Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2021-11-03).
Probability (EPSS)
EPSS 0.57258 — modeled likelihood of exploitation activity.EPSS is a daily-changing model output — open the source for today's value.
Severity / affected
Affected: EyesOfNetwork, EyesOfNetwork. Confirm exact fixed builds in the vendor advisory.
Weakness (CWE)
Mapped to CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management — weakness family: Authorization / access control.CWE assignment from the public NVD record; the weakness class drives how the flaw is exploited.
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Who’s exploiting it?
— attribution turns risk into urgencyAttribution not established
No confirmed (advisory-backed) threat-actor attribution is established for this record. Absence of a named actor is not absence of compromise — see Coverage & confidence.
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Why it matters
— the attack path, told twice: adversary, then board1
Front door — unauthenticated access narrative 1
Attacker
I craft a malicious Nmap Scripting Engine script containing arbitrary commands.
Business
Attacker gains ability to execute code with root privileges on the monitoring infrastructure.
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Keys to the kingdom — privilege/identity takeover narrative 2
Attacker
I submit the NSE script to nmap7 through EyesOfNetwork's interface or API.
Business
The vulnerability in privilege management allows the script to execute with elevated permissions.
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Lateral reach — past segmentation narrative 3
Attacker
I achieve root-level command execution and establish persistent access to the system.
Business
Complete compromise of the monitoring platform, enabling lateral movement and data exfiltration across monitored infrastructure.
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What to do
— defensible action- Remediate per the vendor advisory — confirm the fixed build for your version and verify exposure.1
Say it to the boardA vulnerability with this evidence profile is a defensible budget line, not a backlog ticket — fund the change against the proof above.
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