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Mozilla Firefox EUVDEUVD-2026-88912

| CVE-2026-100760 CRITICAL
Protection Mechanism Failure (CWE-693)
2026-09-29 mozilla GHSA-cf22-59m7-cvw8
9.6
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 web page
  2. Delivery
    Deliver crafted sandbox-escape content
  3. Exploit
    Trigger process-sandboxing protection failure
  4. Execution
    Execute code outside content sandbox
  5. Impact
    Gain host browser process privileges

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A06:2025 - Insecure Design
ASVS 5.0
V15 - Secure Coding and Architecture Protection mechanism completeness
Exploitation Conditions

Exploitation targets Firefox's Security: Process Sandboxing component and requires the victim to load attacker-controlled web content in an affected browser (UI:R), so a user must visit a malicious or compromised page - there is no fully passive or remote-trigger-free path. No special non-default configuration is indicated in the available data; standard Firefox builds prior to ESR 153.4 / Firefox 157 are affected per Mozilla advisories. Limiting factors: the required user interaction, the need for the attacker to supply a working sandbox-escape exploit (none public), and that patched versions (ESR 153.4, Firefox 157) are not vulnerable.

Impact

Signals are mixed and point to a genuinely severe but not-yet-weaponized flaw. The CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H, base 9.6) describes a network-reachable, low-complexity, unauthenticated sandbox escape whose scope change and total C/I/A impact reflect code breaking out of Firefox's process sandbox into the host - corroborated by SSVC Technical Impact 'total'. However, the exploitation-side signals are all cold: EPSS is only 0.15% (4th percentile), SSVC Exploitation is 'none', the CVE is NOT in CISA KEV, and no POC is referenced. So this is a high-CVSS issue whose REAL near-term risk is currently moderate rather than emergency: no evidence of in-the-wild use or public exploit, SSVC Automatable 'no' argues against mass/worm-style abuse, and UI:R means a victim must perform an action (typically visiting a malicious page). Note a conflict to resolve: CVSS indicates total confidentiality/integrity/availability via a sandbox escape, yet the input Tag classifies this as 'Information Disclosure' - that tag understates the impact and should be verified against Mozilla's advisory. Also, CWE-693 (Protection Mechanism Failure) matches a sandbox-bypass but is broad; the exact technical root cause is not specified in the provided data. Bottom line: patch promptly as a high-severity browser RCE-adjacent bug, but current telemetry does not indicate active, widespread exploitation.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An attacker hosts or compromises a web page carrying content that exploits a flaw in Firefox's process-sandboxing mechanism; when a victim simply visits the page, code running in the content process escapes the sandbox and gains the privileges of the host browser process. No public exploit code is referenced, so this currently requires attacker-developed exploitation. The attack is network-delivered and low-complexity but depends on user interaction (visiting the malicious site).

Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Why: CRITICAL severity.
No patch listed yet 0.2% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Oct 01, 2026

Sandbox escape in Mozilla Firefox's Security: Process Sandboxing component allows an attacker to break out of the browser's content-process sandbox when a victim loads attacker-controlled web content, yielding full confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact on the host. The flaw is rated CVSS 9.6 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H), unauthenticated (PR:N) but requiring user interaction (UI:R), and affects Firefox versions prior to ESR 153.4 and Firefox 157. EPSS is low at 0.15% (4th percentile) and no public exploit code has been identified at time of analysis, though CISA SSVC assigns total technical impact with no known exploitation.

RemediationAI

Upgrade to Firefox 157 or Firefox ESR 153.4; these are the vendor-released patched versions that remove the sandbox escape, and they are not vulnerable. Mozilla advisories should be consulted for release notes and any related fixes: https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-100/ (plus mfsa2026-97, mfsa2026-101, and mfsa2026-103), and the upstream Bugzilla issue is https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2058017. Organizations with slower update cycles should prioritize ESR 153.4 for managed fleets. If patching is delayed, no supported workaround fully removes the flaw; compensating controls include restricting users to trusted sites and avoiding untrusted content, or confining browsing to a low-privilege OS account or VM, at the cost of reduced usability and weaker defense-in-depth - these reduce exposure but do not eliminate the sandbox-escape risk.

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Technical ContextAI · show details

The vulnerability resides in Firefox's Security: Process Sandboxing component, the OS-level isolation layer that confines renderer/content processes (including web content, JavaScript, and JIT code) away from the parent browser process and the host. CWE-693 (Protection Mechanism Failure) captures the root cause: the sandbox's protection mechanism fails to adequately constrain a compromised content process, allowing escape and execution in a more privileged context. The CVSS vector's S:C scope change reflects that a successful escape crosses a security boundary, turning a renderer compromise into host-level code execution with high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. The CPE string cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* uses a wildcard and does not itself encode a version range, but the description and Mozilla advisories (mfsa2026-100, mfsa2026-97, mfsa2026-101, mfsa2026-103) pinpoint the fix boundaries at Firefox ESR 153.4 and Firefox 157; the tagged 'Information Disclosure' label appears broader than the assessed total-impact outcome. The associated Bugzilla entry (2058017) is the upstream technical record.

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Severity by source

Vendor (mozilla) PRIMARY 9.6 CRITICAL
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
vuln.today AI 9.6 CRITICAL

Network-delivered via malicious web content (AV:N) with no privileges (PR:N) but requiring the victim to visit a page (UI:R); a sandbox escape crosses a trust boundary (S:C) with total host impact.

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
Red Hat 7.5 HIGH

Primary rating from Vendor (mozilla).

CVSS VectorVendor: mozilla

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

Lifecycle Timeline

3
CVSS changed
Oct 01, 2026 - 15:22 NVD
9.6 (CRITICAL)
CVE Published
Sep 29, 2026 - 12:35 cve.org
UNKNOWN (no severity yet)
CVE Published
Sep 29, 2026 - 12:35 cve.org
CRITICAL 9.6

DescriptionCVE.org

Sandbox escape in the Security: Process Sandboxing component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox ESR 153.4 and Firefox 157.

Executive ViewAI

Why It Matters

A critical sandbox-escape vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox (CVE-2026-100760) allows a malicious webpage to break out of the browser's content-process sandbox and take full control of the underlying endpoint, affecting every employee, contractor, and shared workstation that uses Firefox for web browsing. Because the flaw is unauthenticated and exploitation is triggered simply by a user visiting a crafted site, the browser - a routine daily tool - becomes a direct path to host compromise, credential theft, and lateral movement into corporate systems. Leadership should treat this as an endpoint risk with no vendor fix currently available, making exposure reduction, not patching, the immediate priority.

Business Impact: High
Compensating Controls

No vendor patch available at time of analysis; interim mitigations: restrict or disable Firefox for untrusted/external browsing (approved-site allowlist via enterprise policy), migrate high-risk users to a hardened alternative browser or isolated VDI/remote-browsing environment, enforce EDR/behavioral monitoring for anomalous browser process activity, apply network segmentation and least-privilege endpoint controls, and conduct user awareness messaging on phishing and malicious-link risk.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.2%
Top 96% exploitable
Prevalence
High
Firefox is a major, widely deployed cross-platform browser
Data Quality
6 sources
Confidence: High
EUVD NVD CVE.org EPSS Vulnrichment Vendor VulDB

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 CRITICAL
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.2%
Patch available No
Active threat No
Deciding rule
CRITICAL severity
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
Scheduled
Exploitation
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable
No
Human Impact
High
Technical Impact
Total

Priority Score

48
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +48
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.

Affected Products (CPE)CVE.org

cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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9.3 Oct 10

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CVE-2013-1710 CRITICAL POC
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The crypto.generateCRMFRequest function in Mozilla Firefox before 23.0, Firefox ESR 17.x before 17.0.8, Thunderbird befo

CVE-2014-8636 HIGH POC
7.5 Jan 14

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CVE-2013-0757 CRITICAL POC
9.3 Jan 13

The Chrome Object Wrapper (COW) implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 18.0, Firefox ESR 17.x before 17.0.2, Thunderbi

CVE-2014-1510 CRITICAL POC
9.8 Mar 19

The Web IDL implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 28.0, Firefox ESR 24.x before 24.4, Thunderbird before 24.4, and Se

CVE-2014-1511 CRITICAL POC
9.8 Mar 19

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CVE-2016-1960 HIGH POC
8.8 Mar 13

Integer underflow in the nsHtml5TreeBuilder class in the HTML5 string parser in Mozilla Firefox before 45.0 and Firefox

CVE-2015-0816 MEDIUM POC
5.0 Apr 01

Mozilla Firefox before 37.0, Firefox ESR 31.x before 31.6, and Thunderbird before 31.6 do not properly restrict resource

CVE-2015-0802 MEDIUM POC
5.0 Apr 01

Mozilla Firefox before 37.0 relies on docshell type information instead of page principal information for Window.webidl

CVE-2013-2566 MEDIUM POC
5.9 Mar 15

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