VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2022-22736

CVSS score7 HIGH

EPSS probability0.25%

CISA KEVNot currently listed

Published2022-12-22

Last modified2026-06-17

CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

If Firefox was installed to a world-writable directory, a local privilege escalation could occur when Firefox searched the current directory for system libraries. However the install directory is not world-writable by default.<br>*This bug only affects Firefox for Windows in a non-default installation. Other operating systems are unaffected.*. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 96.

Weakness classification

nvd@nist.gov: CWE-427
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0: CWE-427

Primary references

security@mozilla.org — Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.org — Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Vendor Advisory