CVE-2022-22736 Vulnerability Details

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CVE-2022-22736 Metadata Quick Info

CVE Published: 22/12/2022 | CVE Updated: 03/08/2024 | CVE Year: 2022
Source: mozilla | Vendor: Mozilla | Product: Firefox
Status : PUBLISHED

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CVE-2022-22736 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.
*This bug only affects Firefox for Windows in a non-default installation. Other operating systems are unaffected.*. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 96.

Metrics

CVSS Version: 3.1 | Base Score: n/a
Vector: n/a

l➤ Exploitability Metrics:
    Attack Vector (AV)*
    Attack Complexity (AC)*
    Privileges Required (PR)*
    User Interaction (UI)*
    Scope (S)*

l➤ Impact Metrics:
    Confidentiality Impact (C)*
    Integrity Impact (I)*
    Availability Impact (A)*

Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

CWE-ID:
CWE Name: Potential local privilege escalation when loading modules from the install directory.
Source: Mozilla

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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CAPEC Description:


Source: NVD (National Vulnerability Database).