GHSA-pr6h-wqwg-8wxx

GHSA-pr6h-wqwg-8wxx PUBLISHED CVSS 7.099999904632568 HIGH

Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published December 22, 2022

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.<br>*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.

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

7.099999904632568

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Timeline

Dec 22, 2022 CVE Published
Apr 10, 2026 Security Advisory

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vulnetix vdb vuln GHSA-pr6h-wqwg-8wxx
vulnetix vdb fixes GHSA-pr6h-wqwg-8wxx

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  "https://api.vdb.vulnetix.com/v2/vuln/GHSA-pr6h-wqwg-8wxx/fixes/registry"

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