VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2022-22753
CVSS score7.1 HIGH
EPSS probability0.65%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2022-12-22
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Description
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.<br>*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.
Weakness classification
- nvd@nist.gov: CWE-367
- 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0: CWE-367
Primary references
- security@mozilla.org — Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- security@mozilla.org — Vendor Advisory
- security@mozilla.org — Vendor Advisory
- security@mozilla.org — Vendor Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Vendor Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Vendor Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Vendor Advisory