CVE-2022-22753

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.

CVSS v3.0 7.1 HIGH

7.1^/10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.2 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1732435	Exploit Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-06/	Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-05/	Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-04/	Vendor Advisory

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND

OR	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird::::::::

cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2022-12-22 12:15

Updated : 2022-12-29 15:03

NVD link : CVE-2022-22753

Mitre link : CVE-2022-22753

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-367

Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition

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Products Affected

mozilla

firefox
firefox_esr
thunderbird

microsoft

windows

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