CVE-2022-22736

If Firefox was installed to a world-writable directory, a local privilege escalation could occur when Firefox searched the current directory for system…

High · published December 22, 2022

CVSS v3.1
7.0
EPSS
0%
Percentile
15.1
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.0 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00247 · 15.1th percentile
Published
2022-12-22T00:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 22 DEC 00:00Z
    If Firefox was installed to a world-writable directory, a local privilege escalation could occur when Firefox searched the current directory for system…
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