{"id":"CVE-2016-6586","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2016-6586","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T18:46:22.240Z","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 crafted JavaScript to add arbitrary URLs to the URL whitelist.","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.","published":"2020-01-08T17:15:11.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:51:25.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"secure@symantec.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":3.7,"severity":"LOW","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-20"],"affected":["symantec/norton mobile security"],"epss":{"score":0.01319,"percentile":0.70626,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.32%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93901","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"secure@symantec.com"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037225","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"secure@symantec.com"},{"url":"https://support.symantec.com/us/en/article.symsa1384.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"secure@symantec.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93901","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037225","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://support.symantec.com/us/en/article.symsa1384.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6586","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}