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 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
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1742692 Exploit Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-01/ Vendor Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

08 Aug 2023, 14:21

Type Values Removed Values Added
CWE NVD-CWE-noinfo CWE-427

Information

Published : 2022-12-22 20:15

Updated : 2024-02-28 19:51


NVD link : CVE-2022-22736

Mitre link : CVE-2022-22736

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2022-22736


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Products Affected

mozilla

  • firefox
CWE
CWE-427

Uncontrolled Search Path Element