Missing authentication in Eclipse Platform

1) Missing authentication for critical function

EUVDB-ID: #VU51016

Risk: High

CVSSv4.0: 7.2 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber]

CVE-ID: CVE-2020-27225

CWE-ID: CWE-306 - Missing Authentication for Critical Function

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform unauthorized actions against the application.

The vulnerability exists due to missing authentication when processing Active help requests to the local help web server. A remote non-authenticated attacker can send active help commands to the associated Eclipse platform process or Eclipse Rich Client Platform process.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to read and modify data within the application, create or overwrite files on the system and perform a denial of service attack.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Eclipse Platform: 3.0 - 4.18

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:eclipse_platform:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:eclipse_platform:3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:eclipse_platform:3.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

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

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.