Vulnerability · Published Dec 22, 2022 · Assigned by mozilla
CVE-2022-22753
High 7.1
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in Firefox from Mozilla. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.7% (higher than 51% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Official 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.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine:v3.20 | firefox | 97.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-22753 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | firefox | 97.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-22753 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | firefox | 97.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-22753 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | firefox | 97.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-22753 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | librewolf | 97.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-22753 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | librewolf | 97.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-22753 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | librewolf | 97.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-22753 |
| Alpine:v3.24 | librewolf | 97.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-22753 |
| Alpine:v3.20 | thunderbird | 91.6.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-22753 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | thunderbird | 91.6.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-22753 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | thunderbird | 91.6.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-22753 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | thunderbird | 91.6.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-22753 |
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Mozilla | Firefox | unspecified – before 97 |
| Mozilla | Thunderbird | unspecified – before 91.6 |
| Mozilla | Firefox ESR | unspecified – before 91.6 |
Weakness: CWE-367 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H