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

Configuration 1 (hide)

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

History

15 Jul 2022, 22:38

Type Values Removed Values Added
CWE CWE-829
CPE cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:equinox_p2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
First Time Eclipse equinox P2
Eclipse
References (CONFIRM) https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=577029 - (CONFIRM) https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=577029 - Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown
v2 : 6.8
v3 : 8.0

08 Jul 2022, 04:15

Type Values Removed Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2022-07-08 04:15

Updated : 2023-12-10 14:35


NVD link : CVE-2021-41037

Mitre link : CVE-2021-41037

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-41037


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Products Affected

eclipse

  • equinox_p2
CWE
CWE-829

Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere