Norton Mobile Security on Android mid.dat SD Card information disclosure

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A vulnerability was found in Norton Mobile Security on Android (Android App Software) (unknown version). It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown code block of the file mid.dat. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability (SD Card). CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality.

The weakness was presented 11/01/2016 as SYM16-019 as confirmed security update (Website). The advisory is shared at symantec.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2016-6587 since 08/03/2016. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at SecurityTracker (ID 1037225†). See VDB-93271 and VDB-93272 for similar entries. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Name: SD Card
Class: Information disclosure / SD Card
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Recommended: Upgrade
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08/03/2016 🔍
11/01/2016 +90 days 🔍
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09/29/2022 +2155 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: SYM16-019
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2016-6587 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-6587
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-93273
SecurityFocus: 93858
SecurityTracker: 1037225

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20130704
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Entryinfo

Created: 11/04/2016 10:37 PM
Updated: 09/29/2022 01:18 PM
Changes: 11/04/2016 10:37 PM (48), 05/24/2019 08:12 PM (1), 09/29/2022 01:12 PM (3), 09/29/2022 01:18 PM (18)
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