CVE-2022-0517 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Mozilla VPN can load an OpenSSL configuration file from an unsecured directory. A user or attacker with limited privileges could leverage this to launch arbitrary code with SYSTEM privilege. This vulnerability affects Mozilla VPN < 2.7.1.

Published: 2022-12-22

Score: 7.8 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Mozilla

Mozilla VPN

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`unspecified`	affected	< 2.7.1

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:vpn:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-15645	Mozilla VPN can load an OpenSSL configuration file from an unsecured directory. A user or attacker with limited privileges could leverage this to launch arbitrary code with SYSTEM privilege. This vulnerability affects Mozilla VPN < 2.7.1.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00041.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1752291
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-08/

History

Wed, 16 Apr 2025 16:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Mozilla Vpn

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

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

Updated: 2025-04-16T15:47:02.384Z

Reserved: 2022-02-07T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-0517

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T23:32:46.023Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-12-22T20:15:12.540

Modified: 2025-04-16T16:15:19.470

Link: CVE-2022-0517

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-434

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