CVE-2026-8970

Estado: AnalizadaAlta (8.8)—

Privilege escalation in the Security component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 151, Firefox ESR 140.11, Thunderbird 151, and Thunderbird 140.11.

CVSS

Versión: 3.1
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Puntuación base: 8.8

Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)

Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.41%
Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 34
Fecha de la puntuación: 4/10/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).

🎯 Técnicas ATT&CK

Cómo se explota esta vulnerabilidad y qué consigue el atacante, en el lenguaje de MITRE ATT&CK.

ExplotaciónT1203 Exploitation for Client Executionexecution85 %
Impacto principalT1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalationprivilege escalation80 %
Impacto secundarioT1059 Command and Scripting Interpreterexecution70 %

Vector CVSS con UI:R en navegador/cliente (Firefox, Thunderbird) indica ejecución en cliente; CWE-269 (permisos inadecuados) permite escalada de privilegios local tras explotación remota.

Inferido por nuestro agente de análisis a partir de la descripción oficial, el vector CVSS y la CWE, y comprobado por un supervisor. Puede contener errores.

🛡️ Mitigaciones ATT&CK que cubren estas técnicas

Execution Prevention Application Isolation and Sandboxing Exploit Protection Update Software Threat Intelligence Program Restrict Web-Based Content

Tecnologías afectadas (2)

Mozilla — Firefox Mozilla — Thunderbird

CWE

CWE-269

Referencias

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