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CVE-2011-4872

• Severity: low (CVSS 2.6 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2012-02-05 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-200

Description

Multiple 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.

Affected products

• HTC Desire Hd: frg83d, gri40
• HTC Desire S: gri40
• HTC Droid Incredible: frf91
• HTC Evo 3D: gri40
• HTC Evo 4G: gri40
• HTC Glacier: frg83
• HTC Sensation 4G: gri40
• HTC Sensation Z710E: gri40
• HTC Thunderbolt 4G: frg83d

References

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-02/0002.html
• http://blog.mywarwithentropy.com/2012/02/8021x-password-exploit-on-many-htc.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/47837
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/763355
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51790
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-02/0002.html
• http://blog.mywarwithentropy.com/2012/02/8021x-password-exploit-on-many-htc.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/47837
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/763355
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51790

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