CVE-2016-6587
An Information Disclosure vulnerability exists in the mid.dat file stored on the SD card in...
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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
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.
- Record
CVE-2016-6587- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 2.1 Low
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE ListNo score
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.
- Record
CVE-2016-6587- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-7505No score
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.
- Record
EUVD-2016-7505- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-9hjc-v342-97r7No score
An Information Disclosure vulnerability exists in the mid.dat file stored on the SD card in...
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.
- Record
GHSA-9hjc-v342-97r7- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| facts | ||
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2016-6587 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) in Symantec Norton Mobile Security For Android, published January 8, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.46%, the 40th percentile. No source names a fixed version.