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    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.

    Published:Jun 11, 2018
    Last Modified:Nov 21, 2024
    EPS:Jun 11, 2018
    EPSS Score:0.00087
    CVSS Score:7.8

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Apple
    Product
    Mac Os X
    Vendor
    Linux
    Product
    Linux Kernel
    Vendor
    Mozilla
    Product
    Firefox

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

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    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High