CVE-2016-6586 (GCVE-0-2016-6586)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-01-08 16:51 – Updated: 2024-08-06 01:36
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Summary
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.
Severity
3.7 (Low)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • Security Bypass Vulnerability
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Date Public
2016-11-01 00:00
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