CVE-2022-22736

low-risk
Published 2022-12-22

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.

Do I need to act?

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0.11% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
7
CVSS 7.0/10 High
LOCAL / HIGH complexity

Affected Products (1)

Affected Vendors

Mozilla

References (4)

Exploit https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1742692
Vendor Advisory https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-01/
Exploit https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1742692
Vendor Advisory https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-01/
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/ 100
low-risk
Severity 18/34 · Moderate
Exploitability 0/34 · Minimal
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal