Mozilla Thunderbird up to 137.x UITour privileges management

| CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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| 5.3 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
Summary
A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in Mozilla Thunderbird up to 137.x. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component UITour. Executing a manipulation can lead to an unknown weakness. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2025-4085. There is no available exploit. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.
Details
A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Thunderbird up to 137.x. It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown functionality of the component UITour. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
An attacker with control over a content process could potentially leverage the privileged UITour actor to leak sensitive information or escalate privileges. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 138 and Thunderbird < 138.
The advisory is available at bugzilla.mozilla.org. This vulnerability was named CVE-2025-4085 since 04/29/2025. The exploitation appears to be easy. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 08/16/2025). This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 234927 (Mozilla Thunderbird < 138.0), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.
Upgrading to version 138 eliminates this vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (234927) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2025-1850). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.
Affected
- Xerox FreeFlow Print Server
Product
Type
Vendor
Name
Version
License
Website
- Vendor: https://www.mozilla.org/
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.5VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.3
VulDB Base Score: 5.5
VulDB Temp Score: 5.3
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CVSSv2
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Exploiting
Class: Privileges managementCWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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ATT&CK: 🔍
Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Partially
Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined
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Nessus ID: 234927
Nessus Name: Mozilla Thunderbird < 138.0
Threat Intelligence
Interest: 🔍Active Actors: 🔍
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
0-Day Time: 🔍
Upgrade: Thunderbird 138
Timeline
04/29/2025 🔍04/29/2025 🔍
04/29/2025 🔍
08/16/2025 🔍
Sources
Vendor: mozilla.orgAdvisory: bugzilla.mozilla.org
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2025-4085 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-4085
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-306538
CERT Bund: WID-SEC-2025-1850 - Xerox FreeFlow Print Server: Mehrere Schwachstellen ermöglichen nicht spezifizierten Angriff
Entry
Created: 04/29/2025 16:44Updated: 08/16/2025 10:08
Changes: 04/29/2025 16:44 (55), 04/30/2025 12:18 (2), 05/02/2025 17:27 (1), 05/10/2025 08:52 (2), 08/16/2025 10:08 (7)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103
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