CVE-2022-22753

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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.

7.1 /10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

V3 Legend

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/mfsa2022-04/ Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-05/ Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-06/ Vendor Advisory
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:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
History

29 Dec 2022, 23:03

Type Values Removed Values Added
References (MISC) https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-06/ - (MISC) https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-06/ - Vendor Advisory
References (MISC) https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-04/ - (MISC) https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-04/ - Vendor Advisory
References (MISC) https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-05/ - (MISC) https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-05/ - Vendor Advisory
References (MISC) https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1732435 - (MISC) https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1732435 - Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
First Time Mozilla thunderbird
Microsoft windows
Microsoft
Mozilla
Mozilla firefox
Mozilla firefox Esr
CPE cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CWE CWE-367
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown 		v2 : unknown
v3 : 7.1

22 Dec 2022, 20:15

Type Values Removed Values Added
New CVE
Information

Published : 2022-12-22 20:15

Updated : 2023-12-10 14:48

NVD link : CVE-2022-22753

Mitre link : CVE-2022-22753

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2022-22753

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Products Affected

mozilla

  • firefox_esr
  • firefox
  • thunderbird

microsoft

  • windows
CWE
CWE-367

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