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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD7.1 High

CVE-2022-22753

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 t

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Status
Published
Published
Updated
Assigning organization
mozilla

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 products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

Mozilla Firefox

  • unspecified to < 97affected

Mozilla Thunderbird

  • unspecified to < 91.6affected

Mozilla Firefox ESR

  • unspecified to < 91.6affected

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