High severity · published Dec 22, 2022
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…
8.8
CVSS
1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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 vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.0% · higher than 61% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FI
Firefox · Mozilla
before 97.0 · source: NVD
FE
Firefox Esr · Mozilla
before 91.6 · source: NVD
TH
Thunderbird · Mozilla
before 91.6 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-22756
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-22756
Exploit
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1317873
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/
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