CVE-2016-6910 Information disclosure in n/a

What is CVE-2016-6910?

CVE-2016-6910 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, published on 23 Dec 2016. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

The non-existent notification listener vulnerability was introduced in the initial Android 5.0.2 builds for the Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge devices, but the vulnerability can persist on the device even after the device has been upgraded to an Android 5.1.1 or 6.0.1 build. The vulnerable system app gives a non-existent app the ability to read the notifications from the device, which a third-party app can utilize if it uses a package name of com.samsung.android.app.portalservicewidget. This vulnerability allows an unprivileged third-party app to obtain the text of the user's notifications, which tend to contain personal data.

Weakness: CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-6910?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Android.

How do I fix CVE-2016-6910?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-6910 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2016-6910 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-6910 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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