CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2019-17637

In all versions of Eclipse Web Tools Platform through release 3.18 (2020-06), XML and DTD files referring to external entities could be exploited to send the contents of local files to a remote server when edited or validated, even when external entity resolution is disabled in the user preferences.

5.8 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 4.9

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact NONE

Scope

7.1 /10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.2

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=458571 Exploit Issue Tracking
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00016.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:web_tools_platform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2020-07-15 03:15

Updated : 2023-01-27 08:32

NVD link : CVE-2019-17637

Mitre link : CVE-2019-17637

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-611

Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference