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CVE-2017-7836

HIGH · CVSS 7.8 EPSS 0.34%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2018-06-11 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8. It affects Windows, Linux, Firefox.

CVE
CVE-2017-7836
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.8
EPSS
0.34%
Windows Linux Firefox

Original NVD 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.

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