cvelist/2017/7xxx/CVE-2017-7836.json

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      "ASSIGNER" : "security@mozilla.org",
      "ID" : "CVE-2017-7836",
      "STATE" : "PUBLIC"
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   "affects" : {
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                        "product_name" : "Firefox",
                        "version" : {
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                                 "version_affected" : "<",
                                 "version_value" : "57"
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   "data_type" : "CVE",
   "data_version" : "4.0",
   "description" : {
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            "lang" : "eng",
            "value" : "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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   "references" : {
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         {
            "name" : "https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1401339",
            "refsource" : "CONFIRM",
            "url" : "https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1401339"
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         {
            "name" : "https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-24/",
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            "url" : "https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-24/"
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         {
            "name" : "101832",
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            "url" : "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101832"
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            "name" : "1039803",
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            "url" : "http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039803"
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