CVE-2022-22753

2022-12-2220:15:17

CWE-367

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web.nvd.nist.gov

cve-2022-22753

time-of-check time-of-use

firefox maintenance service

directory write access escalation

windows

7.1 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

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

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

43.4%

JSON

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.