CVE-2022-22753

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Summary

CVECVE-2022-22753
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-12-22 20:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-12-29 23:03:00 UTC
DescriptionA 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-367

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Microsoft Windows - All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox All All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox Esr All All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Thunderbird 91.6 — Mozilla MISC www.mozilla.org
Access Denied MISC bugzilla.mozilla.org
Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox ESR 91.6 — Mozilla MISC www.mozilla.org
Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox 97 — Mozilla MISC www.mozilla.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 296062 Oracle Solaris 11.4 Support Repository Update (SRU) 43.113.3 Missing (CPUJAN2022)
  • 376387 Mozilla Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities (MFSA2022-04)
  • 376388 Mozilla Firefox ESR Multiple Vulnerabilities (MFSA2022-05)
  • 376402 Mozilla Thunderbird Multiple Vulnerabilities (MFSA2022-06)
  • 502385 Alpine Linux Security Update for thunderbird
  • 502688 Alpine Linux Security Update for firefox
  • 505452 Alpine Linux Security Update for thunderbird
  • 710574 Gentoo Linux Mozilla Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202202-03)
  • 751758 OpenSUSE Security Update for MozillaThunderbird (openSUSE-SU-2022:0559-1)
  • 751761 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for MozillaFirefox (SUSE-SU-2022:0565-1)
  • 751777 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for MozillaFirefox (SUSE-SU-2022:0676-1)
  • 751786 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for MozillaFirefox (SUSE-SU-2022:0696-1)
  • 751827 OpenSUSE Security Update for MozillaFirefox (openSUSE-SU-2022:40696-1)
  • 753305 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for MozillaFirefox (SUSE-SU-2022:14896-1)
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