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ghsa-4qmj-r3wp-mpm8

Vulnerability from github

Published

2022-12-22 21:30

Modified

2022-12-29 18:30

Severity ?

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

Details

If Firefox was installed to a world-writable directory, a local privilege escalation could occur when Firefox searched the current directory for system libraries. However the install directory is not world-writable by default.
This bug only affects Firefox for Windows in a non-default installation. Other operating systems are unaffected.. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 96.

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  "modified": "2022-12-29T18:30:25Z",
  "published": "2022-12-22T21:30:30Z",
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cve-2022-22736

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2022-12-22 00:00

Modified

2024-08-03 03:21

Severity ?

Summary

If Firefox was installed to a world-writable directory, a local privilege escalation could occur when Firefox searched the current directory for system libraries. However the install directory is not world-writable by default.<br>*This bug only affects Firefox for Windows in a non-default installation. Other operating systems are unaffected.*. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 96.

References

▼	URL	Tags
	https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-01/
	https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1742692

Impacted products

Vendor

Product

Version

▼

Mozilla

Firefox

Version: unspecified < 96

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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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