High severity · published May 9, 2017
CVE-2016-6799
Product: Apache Cordova Android 5.2.2 and earlier
7.5
CVSS
2.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Product: Apache Cordova Android 5.2.2 and earlier. The application calls methods of the Log class. Messages passed to these methods (Log.v(), Log.d(), Log.i(), Log.w(), and Log.e()) are stored in a series of circular buffers on the device. By default, a maximum of four 16 KB rotated logs are kept in addition to the current log. The logged data can be read using Logcat on the device. When using platforms prior to Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean), the log data is not sandboxed per application; any application installed on the device has the capability to read data logged by other applications.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.6% · higher than 85% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CO
Cordova · Apache
through 5.2.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6799
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-6799
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98365
lists.apache.org
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/1f3e7b0319d64b455f73616f572acee36fbca31f87f5b2e509c45b69%40%3Cdev.cordova.apache.org%3E
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