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

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-12-22 00:00 – Updated: 2025-04-16 14:48
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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
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Vendor Product Version
Mozilla Firefox Affected: unspecified , < 97 (custom)
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Mozilla Thunderbird Affected: unspecified , < 91.6 (custom)
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Mozilla Firefox ESR Affected: unspecified , < 91.6 (custom)
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