CVE-2022-0517 describes a high-severity vulnerability in Mozilla VPN versions prior to 2.7.1, where the application can load an OpenSSL configuration file from an unsecured directory. This local privilege escalation flaw allows an attacker with limited privileges to execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges, posing a significant risk to system integrity. While the CVSS score is 7.8 (High), there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 2.7.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:vpn:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.