Vigil@nce - Eclipse Platform: privilege escalation via Help Subsystem
April 2021 by Vigil@nce
This bulletin was written by Vigil@nce : https://vigilance.fr/?langue=2
SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
Impacted products: openSUSE Leap.
Severity: 1/4.
Consequences: privileged access/rights, user access/rights, data
reading.
Provenance: user shell.
Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5).
Creation date: 30/03/2021.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can bypass restrictions via Help Subsystem of Eclipse
Platform, in order to escalate his privileges.
ACCESS TO THE FULL VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Eclipse-Platform-privilege-escalation-via-Help-Subsystem-34961