CVE-2011-4872

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Summary

CVECVE-2011-4872
StatePUBLISHED
Assignercertcc
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-02-05 11:55:03 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionMultiple HTC Android devices including Desire HD FRG83D and GRI40, Glacier FRG83, Droid Incredible FRF91, Thunderbolt 4G FRG83D, Sensation Z710e GRI40, Sensation 4G GRI40, Desire S GRI40, EVO 3D GRI40, and EVO 4G GRI40 allow remote attackers to obtain 802.1X Wi-Fi credentials and SSID via a crafted application that uses the android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE permission to call the toString method on the WifiConfiguration class.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 2.6 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-200 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
High
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Hardware Htc Desire Hd frg83d All All All
Hardware Htc Desire Hd gri40 All All All
Hardware Htc Desire S gri40 All All All
Hardware Htc Droid Incredible frf91 All All All
Hardware Htc Evo 3d gri40 All All All
Hardware Htc Evo 4g gri40 All All All
Hardware Htc Glacier frg83 All All All
Hardware Htc Sensation 4g gri40 All All All
Hardware Htc Sensation Z710e gri40 All All All
Hardware Htc Thunderbolt 4g frg83d All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
My War with Entropy: 802.1X password exploit on many HTC Android devices af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 blog.mywarwithentropy.com
archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-02/0002.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 archives.neohapsis.com
US-CERT Vulnerability Note VU#763355 - 802.1X password exploit on many HTC Android devices af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org US Government Resource
Security Advisory SA47837 - HTC Products Wi-Fi Credentials Disclosure Weakness - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Multiple HTC Devices 'Android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE' Information Disclosure Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
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