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GHSA-PR6H-WQWG-8WXX

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-12-22 21:30 – Updated: 2025-04-16 15:34

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.
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.

Severity ?

7.1 (High)


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

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CVE-2022-22753 (GCVE-0-2022-22753)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-12-22 00:00 – Updated: 2025-04-16 14:48

Summary

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.

Severity ?

7.1 (High)


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

CWE

Privilege Escalation to SYSTEM on Windows via Maintenance Service

Assigner

mozilla

References

URL

Tags

	https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2…
	https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2…
	https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2…
	https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1732435

Impacted products

Vendor

Product

Version

Mozilla

Firefox

Affected: unspecified , < 97 (custom)

	Mozilla	Thunderbird	Affected: unspecified , < 91.6 (custom)
	Mozilla	Firefox ESR	Affected: unspecified , < 91.6 (custom)

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Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-PR6H-WQWG-8WXX

CVE-2022-22753 (GCVE-0-2022-22753)

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