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.
References
Link | Resource |
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https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1732435 | Exploit Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory |
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-04/ | Vendor Advisory |
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-05/ | Vendor Advisory |
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-06/ | 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-2022-22753
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NVD Information
Status : Analyzed
Published: 2022-12-22T20:15:17.607
Modified: 2022-12-29T23:03:01.720
Link: CVE-2022-22753
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