Multiple security issues were discovered in Firefox. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service, bypass security restrictions, obtain sensitive information, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-0511, CVE-2022-22755, CVE-2022-22759, CVE-2022-22760, CVE-2022-22761, CVE-2022-22764) It was discovered that extensions of a particular type could auto-update themselves and bypass the prompt that requests permissions. If a user were tricked into installing a specially crafted extension, an attacker could potentially exploit this to bypass security restrictions. (CVE-2022-22754) It was discovered that dragging and dropping an image into a folder could result in it being marked as executable. If a user were tricked into dragging and dropping a specially crafted image, an attacker could potentially exploit this to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-22756) It was discovered that Remote Agent, used in WebDriver, did not validate Host or Origin headers. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted website with WebDriver enabled, an attacker could potentially exploit this to connect back to the user's browser in order to control it. (CVE-2022-22757)
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