CVE-2020-27225

EUVD-2020-19738
In versions 4.18 and earlier of the Eclipse Platform, the Help Subsystem does not authenticate active help requests to the local help web server, allowing an unauthenticated local attacker to issue active help commands to the associated Eclipse Platform process or Eclipse Rich Client Platform process.
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTPrimary
7.8 HIGH
LOCAL
LOW
LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 39%
Affected Products (NVD)
VendorProductVersion
eclipseplatform
𝑥
≤ 4.18
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= Vulnerable software versions
Ubuntu logo
Ubuntu Releases
Ubuntu Product
Codename
eclipse
bionic
needs-triage
focal
dne
groovy
dne
hirsute
dne
impish
dne
jammy
dne
kinetic
dne
lunar
dne
mantic
dne
noble
dne
trusty
dne
xenial
needs-triage
Common Weakness Enumeration
References
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=569855
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=569855