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CVE-2021-41037

CRITICAL
10.0
CVSS 3.1
Description
In Eclipse p2, installable units are able to alter the Eclipse Platform installation and the local machine via touchpoints during installation. Those touchpoints can, for example, alter the command-line used to start the application, injecting things like agent or other settings that usually require particular attention in term of security. Although p2 has built-in strategies to ensure artifacts are signed and then to help establish trust, there is no such strategy for the metadata part that does configure such touchpoints. As a result, it's possible to install a unit that will run malicious code during installation without user receiving any warning about this installation step being risky when coming from untrusted source.

Metadata

CVE ID
CVE-2021-41037
State
PUBLISHED
Assigner
eclipse
Reserved
2021-09-13 00:00 UTC
Published
2022-07-08 03:50 UTC
Last updated
2024-08-04 02:59 UTC
Primary CWE
CWE-829
CWE-829
Vendor / Product
The Eclipse Foundation / Eclipse Equinox p2
Sources
cve.org  ·  NVD

Severity & Metrics

10.0 CRITICAL CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC — CISA Coordinator
Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Tech. Impact
total
Affected products (1)
VendorProductPlatformVersions
The Eclipse Foundation Eclipse Equinox p2 1.0.0 < 4.28
Weakness (CWE)
CWESourceDescription
CWE-829 cna CWE-829
CVSS scores (1)
ScoreSeverityVersionSourceVector
10.0 CRITICAL 3.1 cna CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
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