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EyesOfNetwork · EyesOfNetwork

CVE-2020-8655

EyesOfNetwork Improper Privilege Management Vulnerability

CISA KEV record

CISA date added
2021-11-03
CISA due date
2022-05-03
Known ransomware use
Unknown

NVD risk context

7.8 HIGH

CVSS is a technical severity score. CISA’s KEV status remains the evidence that this vulnerability is known to be exploited.

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Attack vector
Local
An attacker needs local access to the affected system.
Attack complexity
Low
Exploitation does not require unusual conditions beyond normal attacker control.
Privileges required
None
The attacker does not need an existing account or privileges.
User interaction
Required
A user must take an action, such as opening a file or link.

Description

EyesOfNetwork contains an improper privilege management vulnerability that may allow a user to run commands as root via a crafted Nmap Scripting Engine (NSE) script to nmap7.

Required action

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

NVD reference index

Vendor and remediation references

NVD has not tagged a reference for this KEV as a patch, mitigation, release note, or vendor advisory.

Other NVD references (4)

MITRE CWE context

CWE classification

CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management

The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.

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NVD record timing

NVD record timeline

These dates describe NVD’s record, not CISA’s KEV addition or remediation due date.

NVD published
Feb 07, 2020, 12:15 AM UTC
When NVD first published this CVE record.
NVD last updated
Jun 17, 2026, 03:26 AM UTC
When NVD last changed its analysis or record data.
Advanced: view the technical CVSS vector

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

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CISA notes

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8655