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CVE-2022-22753 Details

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.1 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA: CISA-ADPCVSS-B:7.1 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1732435 CVEExploitIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-04/ CVEVendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-05/ CVEVendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-06/ CVEVendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1732435 [email protected]ExploitIssue TrackingVendor Advisory

see all 8 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-367Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition[email protected]
CWE-367Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race ConditionCISA-ADP

Affected Products

ProductVersions
mozilla firefox
< 97.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
mozilla firefox esr
< 91.6

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
mozilla thunderbird
< 91.6

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
microsoft windows
All versions

CPE

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

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

6 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2022-22753
NVD Published Date:
Dec 22, 2022
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]