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CVE-2022-22736

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CVE-2022-22736

Published: Dec 22, 2022

Modified: Apr 16, 2025

PUBLISHED

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.

VendorProductVersions

Mozilla

Firefox

affected
unspecified - < 96

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