CVE-2016-6231

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

1.28% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 67.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

5.9 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2016-08-25 18:00Z10 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 01:22Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-07-15

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-200Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized ActorClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

603dd90da9f7b40b077795585173d5894f6a239bf3b390a6e0102da71497fc66

• www.info-sec.cahttp://www.info-sec.ca/advisories/Kaspersky-Safe-Browser.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• www.securityfocus.com92200http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92200vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• support.kaspersky.comhttps://support.kaspersky.com/vulnerability.aspx?el=12430#280716x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.securityfocus.com20160801 Kaspersky Safe Browser iOS Application - MITM SSL Certificate Vulnerability (CVE-2016-6231)http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539071/100/0/threadedmailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
• seclists.org20160805 Kaspersky Safe Browser iOS Application - MITM SSL Certificate Vulnerability (CVE-2016-6231)http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Aug/30mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC