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.
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: eclipse
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-04T02:59:30.336Z
Reserved: 2021-09-13T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2021-41037

Updated: 2024-07-12T15:17:15.454Z

Status : Modified
Published: 2022-07-08T04:15:13.833
Modified: 2024-11-21T06:25:19.923
Link: CVE-2021-41037

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