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

v2023.03.01

0.002

probability

of exploitation in the wild

There is a 0.2% chance that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Updated: 2025-01-25

Exploit Probability

Percentile: 0.615

Higher than 61.5% 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.