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In versions 4.18 and earlier of the Eclipse Platform, the...

High severity Unreviewed Published May 24, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 29, 2023

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

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.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Mar 9, 2021
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 24, 2022
Last updated Jan 29, 2023

Severity

High

EPSS score

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

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(5th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2020-27225

GHSA ID

GHSA-9gwg-cvv6-vjxh

Source code

No known source code

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