CVE-2022-22736 is a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting Firefox for Windows, specifically versions prior to 96, but only in non-default installations where Firefox is installed to a world-writable directory. This high-severity flaw (CVSS 7.0) allows an attacker with local access to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges due to Firefox searching for system libraries in the current directory. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 96.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 96CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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