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.

CVSS v3.0 7.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 4.6 MEDIUM

7.8^/10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

4.6^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

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

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND

cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x::::::::

Information

Published : 2018-06-11 14:29

Updated : 2019-10-02 17:03

NVD link : CVE-2017-7836

Mitre link : CVE-2017-7836

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-427

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Products Affected

mozilla

firefox

apple

mac_os_x

linux

linux_kernel

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