vulnerability
Alpine Linux: CVE-2022-22753: Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Dec 22, 2022 | Aug 22, 2024 | Mar 25, 2026 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Dec 22, 2022
Added
Aug 22, 2024
Modified
Mar 25, 2026
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.
Solutions
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