Vulnerabilities > CVE-2022-22754 - Incorrect Authorization vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
HIGH Availability impact
NONE Summary
If a user installed an extension of a particular type, the extension could have auto-updated itself and while doing so, bypass the prompt which grants the new version the new requested permissions. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 97, Thunderbird < 91.6, and Firefox ESR < 91.6.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
References
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1750565
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1750565
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-04/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-04/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-05/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-05/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-06/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-06/