There is an important security update for Mozilla VPN. After successful attacks, attackers could take over systems.
If you surf the Internet with Mozilla's VPN client, you should update the application for security reasons. Otherwise, attackers could push malicious code onto computers and execute them.
According to a warning issued by Mozilla, the developers classify the vulnerability (CVE-2022-0517) as high.
Due to an error, the client could load a malicious OpenSSL configuration file from an unsecured directory. It should then be possible to run malicious code with system rights. This usually leads to the complete compromise of a system.
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