CVE-2022-36314 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

When opening a Windows shortcut from the local filesystem, an attacker could supply a remote path that would lead to unexpected network requests from the operating system.<br>This bug only affects Firefox for Windows. Other operating systems are unaffected.*. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 102.1, Firefox < 103, and Thunderbird < 102.1.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Microsoft	Windows
Mozilla	Firefox Firefox Esr Thunderbird

Configuration 1 [-]

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cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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References

Link	Providers
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1773894
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-36314
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-36314
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2022-30/#CVE-2022-36314
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-28/
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-30/
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-32/

History

Tue, 15 Apr 2025 18:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

Published: 2022-12-22T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-04-15T17:33:52.675Z

Reserved: 2022-07-20T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-36314

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T10:00:04.371Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-12-22T20:15:34.807

Modified: 2025-04-15T18:15:43.207

Link: CVE-2022-36314

Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2022-07-26T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2022-36314 - Bugzilla

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