vulnerability
MFSA2022-05 Firefox: Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox ESR 91.6 (CVE-2022-22753)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Feb 8, 2022 | Feb 9, 2022 | Aug 11, 2025 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Feb 8, 2022
Added
Feb 9, 2022
Modified
Aug 11, 2025
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.
Solution
mozilla-firefox-esr-upgrade-91_6
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