{"id":"CVE-2016-6586","state":"PUBLISHED","title":"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 crafte","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.","publishedAt":"2020-01-08T16:51:32.000Z","updatedAt":"2024-08-06T01:36:28.512Z","severity":null,"assigner":"symantec","products":["Symantec Norton Mobile Security for Android"],"affected":[{"vendor":"Symantec","product":"Norton Mobile Security for Android","versions":[{"version":"before 3.16","status":"affected"}]}],"references":["http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037225","http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93901","https://support.symantec.com/us/en/article.symsa1384.html"],"weaknesses":[],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-29T19:42:50.421Z","source":{"repository":"CVEProject/cvelistV5","path":"cves/2016/6xxx/CVE-2016-6586.json","commit":"556c9d3a8cd17e218bb8e452ba7cd619a384ff47"},"raw":{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.1","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2016-6586","state":"PUBLISHED","datePublished":"2020-01-08T16:51:32.000Z","dateUpdated":"2024-08-06T01:36:28.512Z","assignerShortName":"symantec","assignerOrgId":"80d3bcb6-88de-48c2-a47e-aebf795f19b5","dateReserved":"2016-08-03T00:00:00.000Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"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."}],"affected":[{"vendor":"Symantec","product":"Norton Mobile Security for Android","versions":[{"version":"before 3.16","status":"affected"}]}],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037225","tags":["x_refsource_MISC"]},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93901","tags":["x_refsource_MISC"]},{"url":"https://support.symantec.com/us/en/article.symsa1384.html","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"]}],"problemTypes":[{"descriptions":[{"description":"Security Bypass Vulnerability","lang":"en","type":"text"}]}],"providerMetadata":{"shortName":"symantec","dateUpdated":"2020-01-08T16:51:32.000Z","orgId":"80d3bcb6-88de-48c2-a47e-aebf795f19b5"},"datePublic":"2016-11-01T00:00:00.000Z","x_legacyV4Record":{"CVE_data_meta":{"ASSIGNER":"secure@symantec.com","ID":"CVE-2016-6586","STATE":"PUBLIC"},"affects":{"vendor":{"vendor_data":[{"product":{"product_data":[{"product_name":"Norton Mobile Security for Android","version":{"version_data":[{"version_value":"before 3.16"}]}}]},"vendor_name":"Symantec"}]}},"data_format":"MITRE","data_type":"CVE","data_version":"4.0","description":{"description_data":[{"lang":"eng","value":"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."}]},"problemtype":{"problemtype_data":[{"description":[{"lang":"eng","value":"Security Bypass Vulnerability"}]}]},"references":{"reference_data":[{"name":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037225","refsource":"MISC","url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037225"},{"name":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93901","refsource":"MISC","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93901"},{"name":"https://support.symantec.com/us/en/article.symsa1384.html","refsource":"CONFIRM","url":"https://support.symantec.com/us/en/article.symsa1384.html"}]}}},"adp":[{"title":"CVE Program Container","references":[{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037225","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93901","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred"]},{"url":"https://support.symantec.com/us/en/article.symsa1384.html","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred"]}],"providerMetadata":{"shortName":"CVE","orgId":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108","dateUpdated":"2024-08-06T01:36:28.512Z"}}]}}}