High severity7.1NVD Advisory· Published Dec 22, 2022· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2022-22753
CVE-2022-22753
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.*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.
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Affected products
46<97+ 2 more
- (no CPE)range: <97
- (no CPE)range: unspecified
- (no CPE)range: unspecified
<91.6+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: <91.6
- (no CPE)range: unspecified
- osv-coords41 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/firefox-esr&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/opensuse/MozillaFirefox&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/opensuse/MozillaThunderbird&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.3pkg:rpm/opensuse/MozillaThunderbird&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=HPE%20Helion%20OpenStack%208pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%206pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%207pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP1-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP1-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP2-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP2-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Desktop%20Applications%2015%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Real%20Time%2015%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP4-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP1-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP1-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP2-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP2-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Proxy%204.1pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Retail%20Branch%20Server%204.1pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Server%204.1pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%208pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%209pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%20Crowbar%208pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%20Crowbar%209pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaThunderbird&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Workstation%20Extension%2015%20SP3
< 128.5.1-1.1+ 40 more
- (no CPE)range: < 128.5.1-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 97.0-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 91.6.1-8.54.1
- (no CPE)range: < 91.6.0-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 91.6.0-112.89.1
- (no CPE)range: < 91.6.0-150.18.1
- (no CPE)range: < 91.6.0-152.15.1
- (no CPE)range: < 91.6.0-150.18.1
- (no CPE)range: < 91.6.0-150.18.1
- (no CPE)range: < 91.6.0-152.15.1
- (no CPE)range: < 91.6.0-152.15.1
- (no CPE)range: < 91.6.0-150.18.1
- (no CPE)range: < 91.6.0-150.18.1
- (no CPE)range: < 91.6.0-152.15.1
- (no CPE)range: < 91.6.0-152.15.1
- (no CPE)range: < 91.6.0-78.162.2
- (no CPE)range: < 91.6.0-112.89.1
- (no CPE)range: < 91.6.0-112.89.1
- (no CPE)range: < 91.6.0-112.89.1
- (no CPE)range: < 91.6.0-112.89.1
- (no CPE)range: < 91.6.0-112.89.1
- (no CPE)range: < 91.6.0-150.18.1
- (no CPE)range: < 91.6.0-150.18.1
- (no CPE)range: < 91.6.0-152.15.1
- (no CPE)range: < 91.6.0-152.15.1
- (no CPE)range: < 91.6.0-150.18.1
- (no CPE)range: < 91.6.0-112.89.1
- (no CPE)range: < 91.6.0-112.89.1
- (no CPE)range: < 91.6.0-112.89.1
- (no CPE)range: < 91.6.0-150.18.1
- (no CPE)range: < 91.6.0-150.18.1
- (no CPE)range: < 91.6.0-152.15.1
- (no CPE)range: < 91.6.0-112.89.1
- (no CPE)range: < 91.6.0-152.15.1
- (no CPE)range: < 91.6.0-152.15.1
- (no CPE)range: < 91.6.0-152.15.1
- (no CPE)range: < 91.6.0-112.89.1
- (no CPE)range: < 91.6.0-112.89.1
- (no CPE)range: < 91.6.0-112.89.1
- (no CPE)range: < 91.6.0-112.89.1
- (no CPE)range: < 91.6.1-8.54.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
4- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cginvdExploitIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-04/nvdVendor Advisory
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-05/nvdVendor Advisory
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-06/nvdVendor Advisory
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