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CVE-2017-7836

Published: 2018-06-11T21:29Z
Last Modified: 2024-11-21T03:32Z
Source: MITRE CVE List
License: MITRE-CVE-TOS
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. > MITRE Terms of Use apply – see LICENSE‑MITRE.txt