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CVE-2022-22736

UNKNOWN
Published 2022-12-22T00:00:00.000Z
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CVSS Score

V3.1
7.0
/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Base Score Metrics
Exploitability: N/A Impact: N/A

EPSS Score

v2025.03.14
0.000
probability
of exploitation in the wild

There is a 0.0% chance that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Updated: 2025-06-25
Exploit Probability
Percentile: 0.088
Higher than 8.8% of all CVEs

Attack Vector Metrics

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED

Impact Metrics

Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH

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.

Available Exploits

No exploits available for this CVE.

Related News

No news articles found for this CVE.

Affected Products

Mozilla

Firefox

Affected Versions:

unspecified

GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

⚠ Unreviewed HIGH

GHSA-4qmj-r3wp-mpm8

Advisory Details

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.

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

7.5

CVSS Vector

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

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-22736
WEB https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1742692
WEB https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-01

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: December 22, 2022, Modified: April 16, 2025

References

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-01/
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1742692
Published: 2022-12-22T00:00:00.000Z
Last Modified: 2025-04-16T15:12:48.112Z
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