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Epoch AI Says GLM 5.3 Built Exploits for Six Firefox Versions Using Public Fixes

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Epoch AI reported that GLM 5.3 autonomously built successful exploit chains against six recent Firefox versions using public security fixes that had not yet reached users; every successful attack also used a previously unpublished vulnerability that Mozilla has since patched. The attacks cost roughly $1,000 in API fees per successful attack, and The Decoder reported that the fastest took 12 hours. The experiments targeted the gap between publication of a security fix and its delivery to Firefox users. Epoch AI said the resulting exploits could steal browser passwords and authentication cookies or read local files after a user opened a single webpage. Mozilla patched the previously unpublished sandbox vulnerability in Firefox 159.0, released October 27. Epoch AI has not confirmed whether the attacks succeed without that vulnerability, and The Decoder reported that the researchers had not confirmed whether similar attacks work against Firefox 159.0.

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  1. GLM 5.3 built Firefox exploit chains without human input in under 48 hours

    Epoch AI researchers report that GLM 5.3 autonomously built exploit chains against 6 Firefox versions by exploiting the gap between publicly visible security fixes and their delivery to users. Successful attacks cost roughly $1,000 in API fees each, with the fastest taking 12 hours. Mozilla patched a previously unknown sandbox vulnerability used in the attacks in Firefox 159.0; the researchers have not confirmed whether similar attacks work against that version.

  2. Epoch AI finds GLM 5.3 can autonomously exploit Firefox’s patch gap

    Epoch AI reports that GLM 5.3 autonomously built successful exploits for six recent Firefox versions using public security fixes not yet shipped to users, costing about $1,000 per compromised version. The exploits could steal browser passwords and authentication cookies or read local files after a user opened one webpage. Every successful attack also used a previously unpublished vulnerability that Mozilla patched in its October 27 Firefox 159.0 release; Epoch AI has not confirmed whether the attacks still succeed without it.

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