CVE-2017-7836 (GCVE-0-2017-7836)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-06-11 21:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 16:19
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Summary
The "pingsender" executable used by the Firefox Health Report dynamically loads a system copy of libcurl, which an attacker could replace. This allows for privilege escalation as the replaced libcurl code will run with Firefox's privileges. Note: This attack requires an attacker have local system access and only affects OS X and Linux. Windows systems are not affected. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 57.
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  • Pingsender dynamically loads libcurl on Linux and OS X
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Mozilla Firefox Affected: unspecified , < 57 (custom)
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