CVE-2021-41033

In all released versions of Eclipse Equinox, at least until version 4.21 (September 2021), installation can be vulnerable to man-in-the-middle attack if using p2 repos that are HTTP; that can then be exploited to serve incorrect p2 metadata and entirely alter the local installation, particularly by installing plug-ins that may then run malicious code.

CVSS v3 8.1 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 6.8 MEDIUM

8.1^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.2 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

6.8^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=575688	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:equinox::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:equinox:4.21:::::::*

History

24 Sep 2021, 18:26

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CPE		cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:equinox:::::::: cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:equinox:4.21:::::::*
CWE		NVD-CWE-noinfo
References	~~(CONFIRM) https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=575688 -~~	(CONFIRM) https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=575688 - Vendor Advisory
CVSS	v2 : ~~unknown~~ v3 : ~~unknown~~	v2 : 6.8 v3 : 8.1

13 Sep 2021, 21:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2021-09-13 21:15

Updated : 2023-12-10 14:09

NVD link : CVE-2021-41033

Mitre link : CVE-2021-41033

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-41033

JSON object : View

Products Affected

eclipse

equinox

CWE

NVD-CWE-noinfo CWE-300

Channel Accessible by Non-Endpoint

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