Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessLure victim to malicious page in Firefox for Android
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ExploitServe crafted download triggering spoof
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ExecutionDownloads UI misrepresents source/filename
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ImpactUser deceived into trusting/opening file
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 | 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. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – 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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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
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
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.
Primary rating from Vendor (mozilla).
CVSS VectorVendor: mozilla
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3DescriptionCVE.org
Spoofing issue in the Downloads component in Firefox for Android. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 157.
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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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