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National Vulnerability Database

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CVE-2021-41037 Detail

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.


Metrics

 
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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
NIST: NVD
Base Score:  8.0 HIGH
Vector:  CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Nist CVSS score does not match with CNA score
CNA:  Eclipse Foundation
Base Score:  10.0 CRITICAL
Vector:  CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Hyperlink Resource
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=577029 Mailing List  Vendor Advisory 
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=577029 Mailing List  Vendor Advisory 
https://github.com/eclipse-equinox/p2/issues/235
https://github.com/eclipse-equinox/p2/issues/235

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-829 Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere cwe source acceptance level NIST   Eclipse Foundation  

Known Affected Software Configurations Switch to CPE 2.2

Configuration 1 ( hide )
 cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:equinox_p2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s) 		From (including)
1.0.0

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2021-41037
NVD Published Date:
07/08/2022
NVD Last Modified:
11/21/2024
Source:
Eclipse Foundation