Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessAttacker prepares malicious web content
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DeliveryVictim opens page in Firefox
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ExploitWebDriver BiDi improper access control triggered
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ExecutionPrivilege escalation within browser process
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ImpactFull C/I/A compromise of browser context
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V8 - Authorization Access control enforcement
MITRE ATT&CK
1 technique across 1 tactic: Defense Evasion The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Exploitation Conditions | User interaction is required (CVSS UI:R) - a victim must perform some action, such as visiting a malicious page or interacting with attacker-controlled browser automation content, for exploitation to succeed. From the attacker's side, no authentication or privileges are required (PR:N) and attack complexity is low (AC:L), meaning no special account or elaborate setup is needed. The attack vector is network-based (AV:N), so the attacker need not have local or adjacent access to the victim machine. The scope does not change (S:U), confining impact to the Firefox browser process itself rather than the underlying operating system. The primary exploitation limit is mandatory user interaction, which prevents fully automated exploitation without victim participation. The exact WebDriver BiDi configuration or feature state required to trigger the flaw is not explicitly specified in available data beyond the component identification. |
| Impact | At CVSS 8.8, this is a high-severity vulnerability with a network attack vector and low complexity, but the mandatory user interaction (UI:R) and SSVC 'Automatable: no' designation rule out fully automated, worm-style mass exploitation. SSVC reports 'Exploitation: none' and there is no CISA KEV listing, consistent with no observed in-the-wild abuse. Despite SSVC rating technical impact as total - reflecting full C/I/A compromise - the real-world urgency is high but scheduled: organizations should patch within their normal vulnerability management cycle rather than treating this as an incident-response trigger. No EPSS score is included in the available data; without it, exploitation probability cannot be quantified, and the absence of a public POC reinforces a lower immediate-exploitation-risk assessment. The primary gap between the high CVSS and moderate real-world urgency is the user interaction requirement, which limits attackers to scenarios where they can direct victims to malicious content. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker hosts a malicious web page or automation endpoint that interacts with Firefox's WebDriver BiDi component through the improper access control flaw. When a victim user visits the page or triggers the interaction - consistent with the UI:R requirement - the attacker escalates privileges within the browser context, gaining full control over the browser process with high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. No public exploit code is known at time of analysis. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Sep 01, 2026
Privilege escalation in Firefox's WebDriver BiDi component allows network-based attackers, with user interaction, to achieve full compromise of the browser process across confidentiality, integrity, and availability dimensions. All Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 155 are affected, as confirmed by vendor advisory mfsa2026-82 and the wildcard CPE cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*. No public exploit code has been identified at time of analysis, and SSVC confirms no observed exploitation, though CISA rates the technical impact as total.
RemediationAI
Upgrade to Mozilla Firefox 155 or later, which is confirmed by the vendor as the patched release per advisory mfsa2026-82 (https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-82/). For organizations that cannot immediately deploy Firefox 155 - for instance, in environments with controlled software rollouts - consider restricting or disabling WebDriver BiDi functionality in production browser deployments where browser automation is not operationally required, as this reduces the attack surface exposed by the vulnerable component. Enterprise deployments using Firefox in managed or kiosk configurations should prioritize this upgrade given the full confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. No workaround eliminates the root access control flaw; configuration-level mitigations are supplementary until the patch is applied.
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WebDriver BiDi (Bidirectional) is Mozilla's implementation of the W3C WebDriver BiDi specification - a bidirectional browser automation protocol primarily used by testing frameworks for remote browser control and inspection. The root cause is CWE-284 (Improper Access Control), meaning the WebDriver BiDi component fails to properly enforce privilege boundaries within the browser, permitting unauthorized escalation beyond what the caller should be entitled to. The affected CPE cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* covers all Firefox versions across all platforms, indicating no prior version was safe; the fix was introduced entirely in Firefox 155.
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AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Network-accessible browser component requires no attacker authentication; UI:R reflects mandatory victim interaction; full C/I/A reflects privilege escalation to browser process control.
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CVSS VectorVendor: mozilla
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3DescriptionCVE.org
Privilege escalation in the WebDriver BiDi component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 155.
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Executive ViewAI
Firefox versions prior to 155 contain a critical privilege escalation vulnerability in the WebDriver BiDi component that can be exploited over the network with user interaction to achieve complete browser compromise, affecting confidentiality, integrity, and availability. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, though the vulnerability is confirmed by vendor advisory mfsa2026-82. Organizations must prioritize upgrading to Firefox 155 immediately to prevent potential data theft, credential compromise, and unauthorized system access.
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Attack Technique
Authentication bypass attacks exploit flaws in the verification mechanisms that control access to systems and applications.
Privilege escalation occurs when an attacker leverages flaws in access control mechanisms to gain permissions beyond what they were originally granted.
Affected Products (CPE)CVE.org
The PDF reader in Mozilla Firefox before 39.0.3, Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.1.1, and Firefox OS before 2.2 allows remote
Mozilla Firefox before 22.0, Firefox ESR 17.x before 17.0.7, Thunderbird before 17.0.7, and Thunderbird ESR 17.x before
Mozilla Firefox before 18.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.12 and 17.x before 17.0.2, Thunderbird before 17.0.2, Thunderb
Use-after-free vulnerability in the serializeToStream implementation in the XMLSerializer component in Mozilla Firefox b
The Chrome Object Wrapper (COW) implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 16.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.8, Thunderbi
The crypto.generateCRMFRequest function in Mozilla Firefox before 23.0, Firefox ESR 17.x before 17.0.8, Thunderbird befo
An issue was discovered in the Cisco WebEx Extension before 1.0.7 on Google Chrome, the ActiveTouch General Plugin Conta
The XrayWrapper implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 35.0 and SeaMonkey before 2.32 does not properly interact with
The Chrome Object Wrapper (COW) implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 18.0, Firefox ESR 17.x before 17.0.2, Thunderbi
The Web IDL implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 28.0, Firefox ESR 24.x before 24.4, Thunderbird before 24.4, and Se
Mozilla Firefox before 28.0, Firefox ESR 24.x before 24.4, Thunderbird before 24.4, and SeaMonkey before 2.25 allow remo
The Firefox sandbox in Adobe Flash Player before 10.3.183.67 and 11.x before 11.6.602.171 on Windows and Mac OS X, and b
Same weakness CWE-284 – Improper Access Control
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SUSE
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| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP7 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP7 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.1 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.1 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP7 | Affected |
| openSUSE Leap 16.0 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP4 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP5 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP6 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSS | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4-LTSS | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5-LTSS | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6-LTSS | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 | Affected |
| SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0 | Affected |
| SUSE Enterprise Storage 6 | Affected |
| SUSE Enterprise Storage 7 | Affected |
| SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP1 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP2 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP2 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP3 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP3 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP5 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP5 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-ESPOS | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-LTSS | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-ESPOS | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-ESPOS | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP1 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP2 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP3 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP3 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP4 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP5 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP6 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP2 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP3 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP4 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-BCL | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-LTSS | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-BCL | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-LTSS | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-BCL | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-LTSS | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP2 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP3 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP4 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP5 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP6 | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0 | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1 | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2 | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0 | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1 | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2 | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Server 4.0 | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Server 4.1 | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Server 4.2 | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Server 4.3 | Affected |
| openSUSE Leap 15.3 | Affected |
| openSUSE Leap 15.3 | Affected |
| openSUSE Leap 15.4 | Affected |
| openSUSE Leap 15.4 | Affected |
| openSUSE Leap 15.5 | Affected |
| openSUSE Leap 15.5 | Affected |
| openSUSE Leap 15.6 | Affected |
| openSUSE Leap 15.6 | Affected |
| suse/kiosk/firefox-esr suse/kiosk/firefox-esr:esr | Affected |
EUVD-2026-69077
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