CVE-2020-27225
HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: March 9, 2021 at 06:15 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:09 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorPlatform
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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (1)
x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitIssue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=569855CVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-306
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