CVE-2017-7836

Published: Jun 11, 2018Modified: Nov 21, 2024

7.8

Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability: 1.8 / Impact: 5.9

Source: NVD

Description

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.

Affected (1)

Products: Mozilla: Firefox

1 product

Configuration A

1 vulnerable · 2 platform

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Mozilla Firefox	Up to 56.0.2

Running on/with	Platform Versions
Apple Mac Os X	All versions
Linux Linux Kernel	All versions

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References (8)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101832

Source: security@mozilla.org

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039803

Source: security@mozilla.org

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1401339

Source: security@mozilla.org

Issue TrackingPermissions Required

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-24/

Source: security@mozilla.org

Vendor Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101832

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039803

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1401339

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Issue TrackingPermissions Required

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-24/

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Vendor Advisory

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