Vulnerability · Published Mar 9, 2021 · Assigned by eclipse
CVE-2020-27225
High 7.8
In plain English
A high-severity missing authentication in Eclipse Platform from The Eclipse Foundation. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 27% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 72.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
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.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| The Eclipse Foundation | Eclipse Platform | unspecified – through 4.18 |
Weakness: CWE-306
References
- https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=569855 x_refsource_CONFIRM