CVE-2016-6586

CVSS V2 Medium 4.3 CVSS V3 Low 3.7
Description
A security bypass vulnerability exists in Symantec Norton Mobile Security for Android before 3.16, which could let a malicious user conduct a man-in-the-middle via specially crafted JavaScript to add arbitrary URLs to the URL whitelist.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-6586
  • Assigner
  • secure@symantec.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2020-01-08T17:15:10
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2020-01-15T18:36:16
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-20 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/20.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:symantec:norton_mobile_security:*:*:*:*:*:android:*:* 1 OR 3.16
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 4.3
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • HIGH
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 3.7
  • Base Severity
  • LOW
  • Exploitability Score
  • 2.2
  • Impact Score
  • 1.4
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037225 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93901 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://support.symantec.com/us/en/article.symsa1384.html Vendor Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6586
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-6586
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 16:53:38 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-04 09:06:46 2020-01-08T17:15Z 2020-01-08T17:15:10 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-04 09:06:46 2020-01-15T18:36:16 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-04 09:06:46 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated