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
Link | Resource |
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https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1742692 | Exploit Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory |
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-01/ | Vendor Advisory |
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MITRE Information
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mozilla
Published: 2022-12-22T00:00:00
Updated: 2022-12-22T00:00:00
Reserved: 2022-01-07T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2022-22736
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NVD Information
Status : Analyzed
Published: 2022-12-22T20:15:14.153
Modified: 2023-08-08T14:21:49.707
Link: CVE-2022-22736
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CWE