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CVE-2021-41037

CRITICAL
Published 2022-07-08T03:50:37
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CVSS Score

V3.1
10.0
/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Base Score Metrics
Exploitability: N/A Impact: N/A

EPSS Score

v2025.03.14
0.003
probability
of exploitation in the wild

There is a 0.3% chance that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Updated: 2025-06-25
Exploit Probability
Percentile: 0.522
Higher than 52.2% of all CVEs

Attack Vector Metrics

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED

Impact Metrics

Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH

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.

Available Exploits

No exploits available for this CVE.

Related News

No news articles found for this CVE.

Affected Products

The Eclipse Foundation

Eclipse Equinox p2

Affected Versions:

1.0.0
eclipse

equinox_p2

Affected Versions:

1.0.0

GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

⚠ Unreviewed HIGH

GHSA-99r4-wvv3-fpr3

Advisory Details

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.

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

7.5

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-41037
WEB https://github.com/eclipse-equinox/p2/issues/235
WEB https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=577029

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: July 9, 2022, Modified: July 12, 2024

References

https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=577029
https://github.com/eclipse-equinox/p2/issues/235
Published: 2022-07-08T03:50:37
Last Modified: 2024-08-04T02:59:30.336Z
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