Privilege escalation in the DLL Services component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox ESR 153.4, Thunderbird 157, Thunderbird 140.17, Thunderbird 153.4, Firefox 159, Firefox ESR 153.6, Thunderbird 159, Thunderbird 153.6, Firefox 157, and Firefox ESR 140.17.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendors Products
Mozilla
  • Firefox
  • Thunderbird

Configuration 1 [-]

OR cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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References
Link Providers
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2057112 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-100/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-101/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-102/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-103/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-118/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-120/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-121/ cve-icon
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-122/ cve-icon
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-97/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2026-99/ cve-icon cve-icon
History

Tue, 27 Oct 2026 18:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Privilege escalation in the DLL Services component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox ESR 153.4, Thunderbird 157, Thunderbird 140.17, Thunderbird 153.4, Firefox 159, Firefox ESR 153.6, Firefox 157, and Firefox ESR 140.17. Privilege escalation in the DLL Services component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox ESR 153.4, Thunderbird 157, Thunderbird 140.17, Thunderbird 153.4, Firefox 159, Firefox ESR 153.6, Thunderbird 159, Thunderbird 153.6, Firefox 157, and Firefox ESR 140.17.
References

Tue, 27 Oct 2026 14:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Privilege escalation in the DLL Services component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox ESR 153.4, Thunderbird 157, Thunderbird 140.17, Thunderbird 153.4, Firefox 157, and Firefox ESR 140.17. Privilege escalation in the DLL Services component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox ESR 153.4, Thunderbird 157, Thunderbird 140.17, Thunderbird 153.4, Firefox 159, Firefox ESR 153.6, Firefox 157, and Firefox ESR 140.17.
References

Mon, 19 Oct 2026 18:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Mozilla thunderbird
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Mozilla thunderbird

Wed, 30 Sep 2026 17:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Privilege escalation in the DLL Services component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox ESR 153.4, Thunderbird 157, Firefox 157, and Firefox ESR 140.17. Privilege escalation in the DLL Services component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox ESR 153.4, Thunderbird 157, Thunderbird 140.17, Thunderbird 153.4, Firefox 157, and Firefox ESR 140.17.
References

Wed, 30 Sep 2026 17:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Privilege escalation in the DLL Services component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox ESR 153.4, Firefox 157, and Firefox ESR 140.17. Privilege escalation in the DLL Services component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox ESR 153.4, Thunderbird 157, Firefox 157, and Firefox ESR 140.17.
References

Wed, 30 Sep 2026 03:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-285

Tue, 29 Sep 2026 16:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Mozilla
Mozilla firefox
Vendors & Products Mozilla
Mozilla firefox

Tue, 29 Sep 2026 15:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-285

Tue, 29 Sep 2026 14:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-269
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Tue, 29 Sep 2026 13:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Privilege escalation in the DLL Services component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox ESR 153.4, Firefox 157, and Firefox ESR 140.17.
Title Privilege escalation in the DLL Services component
References
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

Published: 2026-09-29T12:36:19.049Z

Updated: 2026-10-27T18:27:44.371Z

Reserved: 2026-09-26T19:17:46.301Z

Link: CVE-2026-100801

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-29T13:36:13.097Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2026-09-29T13:17:45.180

Modified: 2026-10-27T14:16:32.170

Link: CVE-2026-100801

cve-icon Redhat

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