Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessLure user to malicious web page
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ExploitInject arbitrary text into FaceTime prompt
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ImpactDisplay phishing message in system UI
Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A06:2025 - Insecure Design
ASVS 5.0
V3 - Web Frontend Security UI security representation
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| Exploitation Conditions | Exploitation requires that the victim is using Firefox for iOS (not the default Safari) and visits an attacker-controlled web page that triggers a FaceTime call prompt into which arbitrary text can be injected; user interaction with that prompt is required (UI:R). Limiting factors: there is no code execution or data theft - the impact is confined to displaying misleading/phishing text inside the system FaceTime prompt (CWE-451), success depends on the user being deceived by the spoofed content, and the flaw is fully remediated by updating to Firefox for iOS 156.1. The precise mechanism by which the page inserts text into the prompt is not described in the available sources. |
| Impact | This is a low-to-moderate real-world risk best characterized as a user-interface spoofing issue rather than a memory-safety or code-execution flaw (CWE-451, UI misrepresentation). The input CVSS vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U) indicates a network-reachable, low-complexity attack by an unauthenticated attacker (PR:N) that requires user interaction (UI:R), which is consistent with a malicious web page tricking a user into viewing a spoofed FaceTime prompt. The signals are internally consistent and all point low: EPSS is 0.21% (11th percentile), SSVC reports Exploitation: none, Automatable: no, Technical Impact: partial, and the issue is not on the CISA KEV list. The vuln.today priority is 'this_month,' i.e., a routine-patch cadence rather than act_now/emergency. One notable inconsistency: the supplied CVSS impact metrics list C:L and A:L with I:N, which is counter-intuitive for a spoofing/phishing-text-injection flaw - a misrepresentation bug normally produces an integrity (I) impact and little to no confidentiality or availability impact, so those impact sub-metrics appear questionable and are worth verifying with the vendor. Overall this is a genuine but modest issue: realistic harm depends entirely on social-engineering success, not on technical compromise of the device. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker hosts a malicious web page and lures a Firefox for iOS user to it; the page triggers a FaceTime call prompt and injects attacker-controlled text so the system-level prompt displays a convincing phishing message (for example, a fake 'verify your account' instruction). The user, trusting the native iOS UI, is deceived into following the attacker's instructions. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, so this remains a plausible social-engineering vector rather than an observed campaign. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Oct 28, 2026
Firefox for iOS versions before 156.1 could be made to display attacker-supplied text inside the system FaceTime call prompt, creating a UI-spoofing (CWE-451) vector for phishing messages presented as trusted Apple system UI. Only users browsing with Firefox for iOS rather than Safari and visiting a malicious page are affected, and the deception still depends on the user acting on the spoofed prompt; there is no code execution or data theft, and updating to Firefox for iOS 156.1 removes the issue. No public exploit code and no active exploitation are indicated (EPSS roughly 0.21%, SSVC exploitation: none), so this warrants routine patching rather than emergency response.
RemediationAI
Update Firefox for iOS to version 156.1, the fixed release named in Mozilla advisory MFSA2026-117 (https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-117/); Mozilla's tracking bug 1328815 and the NVD entry (https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-116632) provide supporting detail. No vendor-released workaround is described in the available sources, and no patch beyond the 156.1 release is required, so the primary action is straightforward client-app upgrade through the App Store. Until users update, residual risk is limited to UI spoofing for people browsing with Firefox for iOS, and since no exploitation has been observed (SSVC exploitation: none, EPSS around 0.21%) this can be scheduled with normal monthly patching; users should be reminded not to act on unexpected FaceTime call prompts encountered while browsing.
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The flaw is classified as CWE-451, User Interface (UI) Misrepresentation of Critical Information: the boundary between web content rendered by the browser and a native iOS system prompt (the FaceTime call prompt) was not sufficiently enforced, letting a malicious web page inject arbitrary text into that prompt. The affected component is Mozilla's Firefox for iOS browser (CPE cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_for_ios, all versions prior to 156.1); the underlying iOS FaceTime prompt handling itself is not identified as the defective component in the supplied data, and the precise mechanism by which the page inserts text into the prompt is not described in the available sources. The impact is confined to misleading presentation - integrity of what the user sees - rather than memory corruption, privilege escalation or code execution, which is consistent with an information-disclosure/spoofing tagging and SSVC technical impact of partial.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
Remote malicious page (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N) requiring the user to view and act on the prompt (UI:R); it is a spoofing flaw so I:L with no confidentiality or availability impact.
Primary rating from Vendor (mozilla).
CVSS VectorVendor: mozilla
Lifecycle Timeline
3DescriptionCVE.org
A malicious web page could insert arbitrary text into the FaceTime call prompt shown by iOS, potentialy allowing it to display a phishing message inside system UI. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox for iOS 156.1.
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Attack Technique
Information disclosure occurs when an application unintentionally exposes sensitive data that aids attackers in reconnaissance or directly compromises security.
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