Description
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.
Published: 2022-12-22
Score: 7 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-27879 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.
History

Wed, 16 Apr 2025 16:15:00 +0000

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

Published:

Updated: 2025-04-16T15:12:48.112Z

Reserved: 2022-01-07T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-22736

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T03:21:49.089Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-12-22T20:15:14.153

Modified: 2025-04-16T16:15:21.410

Link: CVE-2022-22736

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