CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2022-22753

A Time-of-Check Time-of-Use bug existed in the Maintenance (Updater) Service that could be abused to grant Users write access to an arbitrary directory. This could have been used to escalate to SYSTEM access.
*This bug only affects Firefox on Windows. Other operating systems are unaffected.*. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 97, Thunderbird < 91.6, and Firefox ESR < 91.6.

7.1 /10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.2 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1732435 Exploit Issue Tracking
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-06/ Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-05/ Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-04/ Vendor Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1
Information

Published : 2022-12-22 08:15

Updated : 2022-12-29 11:03

NVD link : CVE-2022-22753

Mitre link : CVE-2022-22753

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-367