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Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

CVE-2016-11027

Low
2.4/10

Summary

An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with M(6.0) software. In the Shade Locked state, a physically proximate attacker can read notifications on the lock screen. The Samsung ID is SVE-2016-7132 (December 2016).

  • LOW
  • PHYSICAL
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • LOW
  • NONE

CWE-200 - Information Exposure

An information exposure vulnerability is categorized as an information flow (IF) weakness, which can potentially allow unauthorized access to otherwise classified information in the application, such as confidential personal information (demographics, financials, health records, etc.), business secrets, and the application's internal environment.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published