firefox: thunderbird: Privilege escalation in the Enterprise Policies component

cve CVE-2026-92073 2 sources, 2 claims · Watch

Red Hat writes:
firefox: thunderbird: Privilege escalation in the Enterprise Policies component the claim

Severity they disagree: HIGH NVD
low Red Hat
CVSS they disagree: 8.8 NVD
3.4 Red Hat
Vendor: Mozilla NVD
Product: Firefox NVD
CWE: CWE-269 NVD
CWE-266 Red Hat

How far exploitation has got

No public code known
Proof of concept
Proof of concept, verified
A Metasploit module
Exploited in the wild
Used in ransomware campaigns

Why the CVSS differs

Metric	NVD	Red Hat
Attack vector AV	network N	network N
Attack complexity AC	low L	high H
Privileges required PR	none N	none N
User interaction UI	required R	required R
Scope S	unchanged U	changed C
Confidentiality C	high H	low L
Integrity I	high H	none N
Availability A	high H	none N

Each source scores the same vulnerability from what it judges the attack to need. The rows marked are where they judge it differently.

Timeline

2026-09-15	first spoke of it: Privilege escalation in the Enterprise Policies component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 156, Firefox ESR 153.3, Thunderbird 156, and Thunderbird 153.3.	NVD
2026-09-15	first spoke of it: firefox: thunderbird: Privilege escalation in the Enterprise Policies component	Red Hat

What it is to other things

affects	mozilla/firefox NVD
affects	mozilla/thunderbird NVD
made_by	mozilla NVD

Every value, with what each source said and its receipt

Property Source Said Means here

Automatable

automatable

NVD

At least one of those steps needs a person.

receipt

Source: NVD
Its words: no
Read by: field:cve.metrics.ssvcV203[].ssvcData.options[].automatable
Said since: 2026-10-06 12:31 UTC
Last answered: 2026-10-06 12:41 UTC
Original: open at the source

2026-10-06 12:31 UTC	no
2026-09-29 09:45 UTC	—

What the source handed over

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Said since: 2026-09-29 09:45 UTC
Last answered: 2026-10-06 12:41 UTC
Original: open at the source

What the source handed over

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Red Hat

3.4

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Source: Red Hat
Its words: 3.4
Read by: field:cvss3_score
Said since: 2026-09-29 09:44 UTC
Last answered: 2026-10-06 13:02 UTC
Original: open at the source

What the source handed over

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CVSS vector

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NVD

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Source: NVD
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Said since: 2026-10-06 12:31 UTC
Last answered: 2026-10-06 12:41 UTC
Original: open at the source

2026-10-06 12:31 UTC	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
2026-09-29 09:45 UTC	—

What the source handed over

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CVSS vector

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Red Hat

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N

receipt

Source: Red Hat
Its words: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
Read by: field:cvss3_scoring_vector
Said since: 2026-10-06 13:01 UTC
Last answered: 2026-10-06 13:02 UTC
Original: open at the source

2026-10-06 13:01 UTC	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
2026-09-29 09:44 UTC	—

What the source handed over

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CWE

cwe

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NVD

CWE-269

receipt

Source: NVD
Its words: CWE-269
Read by: field:cve.weaknesses[].description[].value
Said since: 2026-10-06 12:31 UTC
Last answered: 2026-10-06 12:41 UTC
Original: open at the source

2026-10-06 12:31 UTC	CWE-269
2026-09-29 09:45 UTC	—

What the source handed over

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cwe

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Red Hat

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Source: Red Hat
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Said since: 2026-09-29 09:44 UTC
Last answered: 2026-10-06 13:02 UTC
Original: open at the source

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NVD

none

No evidence of exploitation, and no public proof of concept.

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Said since: 2026-10-06 12:31 UTC
Last answered: 2026-10-06 12:41 UTC
Original: open at the source

2026-10-06 12:31 UTC	none
2026-09-29 09:45 UTC	—

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Product

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Firefox

receipt

Source: NVD
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Said since: 2026-09-29 17:49 UTC
Last answered: 2026-10-06 12:41 UTC
Original: open at the source

2026-09-29 17:49 UTC	Firefox
2026-09-29 09:45 UTC	—

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Severity

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conflict

NVD

HIGH

From 7.0 to 8.9.

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Said since: 2026-10-06 12:31 UTC
Last answered: 2026-10-06 12:41 UTC
Original: open at the source

2026-10-06 12:31 UTC	HIGH
2026-09-29 09:45 UTC	—

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severity

conflict

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low

A flaw that is unlikely to be exploited, or whose impact is minimal.

receipt

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Read by: field:severity
Said since: 2026-09-29 09:44 UTC
Last answered: 2026-10-06 13:02 UTC
Original: open at the source

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Analyzed

receipt

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Said since: 2026-10-06 00:34 UTC
Last answered: 2026-10-06 12:41 UTC
Original: open at the source

2026-10-06 00:34 UTC	Analyzed
2026-09-29 09:45 UTC	Awaiting Analysis

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Technical impact

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NVD

total

The attacker gains full control of the component, or all of its information.

receipt

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Its words: total
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Said since: 2026-10-06 12:31 UTC
Last answered: 2026-10-06 12:41 UTC
Original: open at the source

2026-10-06 12:31 UTC	total
2026-09-29 09:45 UTC	—

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Vendor

vendor

NVD

Mozilla

receipt

Source: NVD
Its words: Mozilla
Read by: field:cve.affected[].affectedData[].vendor
Said since: 2026-09-29 17:49 UTC
Last answered: 2026-10-06 12:41 UTC
Original: open at the source

2026-09-29 17:49 UTC	Mozilla
2026-09-29 09:45 UTC	—

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Every claim, by kind

vulnerability

firefox: thunderbird: Privilege escalation in the Enterprise Policies component zetlyn/cve-redhat · 2026-09-15	cvss 3.4 cvss_vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N cwe CWE-266 severity low	source
Privilege escalation in the Enterprise Policies component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 156, Firefox ESR 153.3, Thunderbird 156, and Thunderbird 153.3. zetlyn/cve-nvd · 2026-09-15	automatable no cvss 8.8 cvss_vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H cwe CWE-269 exploitation none product Firefox severity HIGH status Analyzed technical_impact total vendor Mozilla	source