github - ghsa-pr6h-wqwg-8wxx

ghsa-pr6h-wqwg-8wxx

Vulnerability from github

Published

2022-12-22 21:30

Modified

2022-12-30 00:30

Severity ?

7.1 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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.

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  "id": "GHSA-pr6h-wqwg-8wxx",
  "modified": "2022-12-30T00:30:42Z",
  "published": "2022-12-22T21:30:30Z",
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cve-2022-22753

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2022-12-22 00:00

Modified

2024-08-03 03:21

Severity ?

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.

References

▼	URL	Tags
	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

Impacted products

Vendor

Product

Version

▼

Mozilla

Firefox

Version: unspecified < 97

	Mozilla	Thunderbird	Version: unspecified < 91.6
	Mozilla	Firefox ESR	Version: unspecified < 91.6

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date

Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or seen somewhere by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability is confirmed from an analyst perspective.
Exploited: This vulnerability was exploited and seen by the user reporting the sighting.
Patched: This vulnerability was successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.
Not exploited: This vulnerability was not exploited or seen by the user reporting the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expresses doubt about the veracity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: This vulnerability was not successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.

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