CVE-2020-27225

State: Published
Severity: Not scored
Published: Mar 9, 2021
Updated: Aug 4, 2024
Reserved: Oct 19, 2020

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.

Scores

The record has no CVSS score.

Weaknesses

CWE-306 Missing Authentication for Critical Function

Affected Products

Product	Versions
Eclipse PlatformThe Eclipse Foundation	4.18 and earlierAffected

References

https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=569855

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