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Firefox for Android EUVDEUVD-2026-88802

| CVE-2026-100823 MEDIUM
User Interface (UI) Misrepresentation of Critical Information (CWE-451)
2026-09-29 mozilla GHSA-664r-6947-fwcc
5.4
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: mozilla
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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain

  1. Access
    Lure victim to malicious page in Firefox for Android
  2. Exploit
    Serve crafted download triggering spoof
  3. Execution
    Downloads UI misrepresents source/filename
  4. Impact
    User deceived into trusting/opening file

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A06:2025 - Insecure Design
ASVS 5.0
V3 - Web Frontend Security UI security representation
Exploitation Conditions

Requires the victim to be running Firefox for Android (the desktop builds are not implicated) and to actively visit an attacker-controlled page and interact with a download prompt (UI:R). The attack targets the Downloads component's presentation of download metadata; no authentication or special privileges are needed (PR:N), but the mandatory user interaction and the mobile-only, pre-157 version constraint materially limit realistic exploitation. Patched in Firefox 157, so only unpatched Android installations are exposed.

Impact

This is a low-to-moderate priority spoofing defect, not an urgent fix. Multiple signals converge on low real-world risk: CVSS 3.1 base is 5.4 (Medium) with vector AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L, meaning no privileges are required but victim interaction (UI:R) is mandatory and impact is limited to low confidentiality and low availability with no integrity loss. CISA's SSVC decision scores it Exploitation: none, Automatable: no, Technical Impact: partial - i.e., no observed exploitation, cannot be scripted for mass abuse, and only partial technical impact. There is no EPSS score, no CISA KEV listing, and no public proof-of-concept provided, so this is 'no public exploit identified at time of analysis.' The only apparent conflict is tagging/labeling rather than scoring: the 'Information Disclosure' tag and 'Google' vendor tag do not fit a Mozilla Firefox-for-Android spoofing bug (see data_quality_flags). The CVSS C:L rating is consistent with a UI spoofing deception rather than a direct data breach. Net: a genuine but low-severity client-side issue best handled by routine browser updates, not emergency patching.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An attacker hosts a malicious web page that, when visited in Firefox for Android, manipulates how the Downloads component presents a download - spoofing the apparent origin, filename, or security context so the user is misled about what they are saving or where it came from. Because UI:R is required, the victim must actively interact (visit the page and engage with the download prompt) for the deception to succeed. No public exploit code or active exploitation has been reported.

This Month Plan within 30 days. Why: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9).
No patch listed yet 0.2% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Oct 01, 2026

Firefox for Android before 157 can be tricked by a malicious web page into misrepresenting download information in its Downloads component, a spoofing flaw rated CVSS 5.4 (Medium, AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R). Only the Android builds are affected - desktop Firefox is not implicated - and Mozilla shipped the fix in Firefox 157. Exploitation requires the victim to visit an attacker-controlled page and interact with a download prompt, no public exploit code has been identified at time of analysis, and CISA SSVC records exploitation as 'none', so this is a low-to-moderate priority fix rather than an urgent one.

RemediationAI

Vendor-released patch: Firefox 157 - upgrading Firefox for Android to version 157 or later via Google Play (or Mozilla's distribution channel) is the definitive fix, as the issue is resolved in that release per advisory mfsa2026-97 (https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-97/, tracking bug https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2054384). Verify the installed version in Firefox for Android's Settings > About Firefox and force an update if the device is still on an earlier build. Where immediate upgrade is not possible, worthwhile compensating controls are limited because the vulnerable surface is the download prompt itself: configure the browser to prompt before every download so that no download is silently accepted, and train users not to act on download prompts originating from pages they did not intentionally navigate to - accepting the friction of extra prompts and the residual risk that the prompt's own metadata is what is being spoofed. Restricting Firefox for Android use on managed devices to an allowlist of trusted sites via enterprise policy or a managed work profile reduces exposure to hostile pages but degrades general browsing utility, and switching untrusted browsing to a different, patched browser is a reasonable interim measure. Because exploitation requires user interaction and no public exploit code has been identified, these controls can be applied on a normal patch cadence rather than as an emergency change, but they should not be deferred indefinitely on Android fleets that cannot reach version 157.

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Technical ContextAI · show details

The defect lives in the Downloads component of Firefox for Android, the UI layer that surfaces download metadata (filename, source, status) to the user rather than the underlying Gecko networking or file-handling stack. Root cause is best classed as a user-interface spoofing / improper UI representation issue (no CWE was supplied in the source data), where attacker-controlled content influences how a download is presented, allowing the user to be misled about what is being downloaded or where it came from. The supplied CPE, cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, is a broad Mozilla Firefox entry that does not encode platform, but both the description and the advisory context constrain the issue to Firefox for Android prior to 157; desktop builds are explicitly not implicated. The assessed vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N) confirms the attack is network-delivered and needs no credentials or privileges, but is gated by mandatory user interaction - the victim must not only load the page but also engage with the download prompt - which, combined with the mobile-only, pre-157 version constraint, keeps realistic exploitation limited.

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Severity by source

Vendor (mozilla) PRIMARY 5.4 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
vuln.today AI 5.4 MEDIUM

Remote, no privileges, but victim interaction required (UI:R); a Downloads spoof primarily deceives the user (low integrity-of-display impact) with minor confidentiality exposure and no genuine availability loss.

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Red Hat 3.4 LOW

Primary rating from Vendor (mozilla).

CVSS VectorVendor: mozilla

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
Low

Lifecycle Timeline

3
CVSS changed
Sep 30, 2026 - 22:08 NVD
5.4 (None) 5.4 (MEDIUM)
CVE Published
Sep 29, 2026 - 12:36 cve.org
MEDIUM 5.4
CVE Published
Sep 29, 2026 - 12:36 cve.org
UNKNOWN (no severity yet)

DescriptionCVE.org

Spoofing issue in the Downloads component in Firefox for Android. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 157.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.2%
Top 95% exploitable
Prevalence
Medium
Mainstream browser but Android build has modest mobile-market footprint
Data Quality
6 sources
Confidence: High

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity MEDIUM
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.2%
Patch available No
Active threat No
Deciding rule
MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9)
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision· derived
Scheduled
Exploitation
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable
No
Human Impact· derived
Medium
Technical Impact
Partial

Priority Score

27
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +27
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

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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Vendor StatusVendor

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