PT-2020-8043 · Symantec · Symantec Norton Mobile Security

Published 2020-01-08 · Updated 2020-01-15 · CVE-2016-6586

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Symantec Norton Mobile Security for Android versions prior to 3.16

Description: A security bypass issue exists, potentially allowing a malicious user to conduct a man-in-the-middle attack via specially crafted JavaScript. This could enable the addition of arbitrary URLs to the URL whitelist.

Recommendations: For versions prior to 3.16, update to version 3.16 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-6586

Affected Products

Symantec Norton Mobile Security

References · 5

• https://support.symantec.com/us/en/article.symsa1384.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-6586 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6586 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/93901 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1037225 · Note