UBUNTU-CVE-2020-27225

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Source

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-27225

Import Source

https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2020/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-27225.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-27225

Upstream

CVE-2020-27225

Published

2021-03-09T19:15:00Z

Modified

2025-10-24T04:48:50Z

Severity

7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Ubuntu - medium

Summary

[none]

Details

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

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / eclipse

Package

Name: eclipse
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/eclipse@3.8.1-8?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

3.*

3.8.1-8

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "3.8.1-8",
            "binary_name": "eclipse"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.8.1-8",
            "binary_name": "eclipse-jdt"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.8.1-8",
            "binary_name": "eclipse-pde"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.8.1-8",
            "binary_name": "eclipse-platform"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.8.1-8",
            "binary_name": "eclipse-platform-data"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.8.1-8",
            "binary_name": "eclipse-rcp"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.8.1-8",
            "binary_name": "libequinox-osgi-java"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2020/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-27225.json"

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / eclipse