CVE - CVE-2017-7836

CVE-ID
CVE-2017-7836	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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.
References
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BID:101832 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101832 CONFIRM:https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1401339 CONFIRM:https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-24/ SECTRACK:1039803 URL:http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039803
Assigning CNA
Mozilla Corporation
Date Record Created
20170412	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20170412)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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