high7.8
CVE-2017-7836
The "pingsender" executable used by the Firefox Health Report dynamically loads a system copy of libcurl, which an attacker could replace.
Impact
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 products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Mozilla | Firefox | through 56.0.2 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101832
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039803
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1401339
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-24/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101832
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039803
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1401339
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-24/