Mozilla Firefox privilege escalation | CVE-2022-22753
NAME
Mozilla Firefox privilege escalation
- Platforms Affected:
Mozilla Firefox 96
Mozilla Firefox ESR 91.5 - Risk Level:
8.8 - Exploitability:
Unproven - Consequences:
Gain Privileges
DESCRIPTION
Mozilla Firefox could allow a remote attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, cause by a Time-of-Check Time-of-Use bug in the Maintenance (Updater) Service. By persuading a victim to visit a specially-crafted Web site, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain SYSTEM privileges.
CVSS 3.0 Information
- Privileges Required: None
- User Interaction: Required
- Scope: Unchanged
- Access Vector: Network
- Access Complexity: Low
- Confidentiality Impact: High
- Integrity Impact: High
- Availability Impact: High
- Remediation Level: Official Fix
MITIGATION
Refer to Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2022-04 for patch, upgrade or suggested workaround information. See References.
- Reference Link:
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2022-04/ - Reference Link:
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2022-05/
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