CVE-2022-22756
If a user was convinced to drag and drop an image to their desktop or other folder, the resulting object could have been changed into an executable script which would have run arbitrary code after the user clicked on it.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.93%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
If a user was convinced to drag and drop an image to their desktop or other folder, the resulting object could have been changed into an executable script which would have run arbitrary code after the user clicked on it. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 97, Thunderbird < 91.6, and Firefox ESR < 91.6.
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.93% probability · 59th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-94
- Affected
- mozilla/firefox · mozilla/firefox esr · mozilla/thunderbird
- Source
- security@mozilla.org
References
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1317873Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-04/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-05/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-06/Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1317873Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-04/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-05/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-06/Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.