CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2021-41037

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.

6.8 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 6.4

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

Scope

8 /10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.1 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=577029 Mailing List Vendor Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:equinox_p2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2022-07-08 04:15

Updated : 2022-07-15 10:38

NVD link : CVE-2021-41037

Mitre link : CVE-2021-41037

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-829