CVE-2016-6587 (GCVE-0-2016-6587)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-01-08 17:03 – Updated: 2024-08-06 01:36
VLAI
Summary
An Information Disclosure vulnerability exists in the mid.dat file stored on the SD card in Symantec Norton Mobile Security for Android before 3.16, which could let a local malicious user obtain sensitive information.
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • Local Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Symantec Norton Mobile Security for Android Affected: before 3.16
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Date Public
2016-11-02 00:00
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