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CVE-2022-22753

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

V3.1
7.1
/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Base Score Metrics
Exploitability: N/A Impact: N/A

EPSS Score

v2025.03.14
0.001
probability
of exploitation in the wild

There is a 0.1% chance that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Updated: 2025-06-25
Exploit Probability
Percentile: 0.354
Higher than 35.4% of all CVEs

Attack Vector Metrics

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED

Impact Metrics

Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH

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.

Available Exploits

No exploits available for this CVE.

Related News

No news articles found for this CVE.

Affected Products

Mozilla

Firefox

Affected Versions:

unspecified
Mozilla

Thunderbird

Affected Versions:

unspecified
Mozilla

Firefox ESR

Affected Versions:

unspecified

GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

⚠ Unreviewed HIGH

GHSA-pr6h-wqwg-8wxx

Advisory Details

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.

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

7.5

CVSS Vector

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

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-22753
WEB https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1732435
WEB https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-04
WEB https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-05
WEB https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-06

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

References

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-05/
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-04/
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-06/
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1732435
Published: 2022-12-22T00:00:00.000Z
Last Modified: 2025-04-16T14:48:11.579Z
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