# CVE-2017-15530: Information disclosure in Norton Family Android App

> Attackers can extract sensitive application data such as system information and user data from the Norton Family Android App.

- **Severity:** Low 3.3 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 13 Dec 2017
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-5jhv-69mf-p72j

## What is CVE-2017-15530?

CVE-2017-15530 is a low-severity vulnerability in Symantec Corporation Norton Family Android App, published on 13 Dec 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Prior to 4.4.1.10, the Norton Family Android App can be susceptible to an Information Disclosure issue. Information disclosure is a very common issue that attackers will attempt to exploit as a first pass across the application. As they probe the application they will take note of anything that may seem out of place or any bit of information they can use to their advantage such as error messages, system information, user data, version numbers, component names, URL paths, or even simple typos and misspellings.

Weakness: CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-15530?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Symantec Norton Family.

## How do I fix CVE-2017-15530?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-15530 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2017-15530 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-15530 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Symantec Corporation Norton Family Android App

- [CVE-2017-15529](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-15529/): Denial of service in Norton Family Android App (medium 6.2)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2017-15530 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2017-15530 is a low-severity vulnerability in Symantec Corporation Norton Family Android App, published on 13 Dec 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-15530 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Symantec Corporation Norton Family Android App. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-15530/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-15530/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-15530
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-15530
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-15530

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-15530/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.