CVE-2017-7836

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.
References
Link Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101832 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039803 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1401339 Issue Tracking Permissions Required
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-24/ Vendor Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
OR cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

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Information

Published : 2018-06-11 21:29

Updated : 2024-02-28 16:25


NVD link : CVE-2017-7836

Mitre link : CVE-2017-7836

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2017-7836


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Products Affected

mozilla

  • firefox

linux

  • linux_kernel

apple

  • mac_os_x
CWE
CWE-427

Uncontrolled Search Path Element