CVE-2012-2217

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.4 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2012-05-01 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

The HTC IQRD service for Android on the HTC EVO 4G before 4.67.651.3, EVO Design 4G before 2.12.651.5, Shift 4G before 2.77.651.3, EVO 3D before 2.17.651.5, EVO View 4G before 2.23.651.1, Vivid before 3.26.502.56, and Hero does not restrict localhost access to TCP port 2479, which allows remote attackers to (1) send SMS messages, (2) obtain the Network Access Identifier (NAI) and its password, or trigger (3) popup messages or (4) tones via a crafted application that leverages the android.permission.INTERNET permission.

Affected products

HTC Evo 3D: gri40
HTC Evo 3D Software: through 2.08.651.3; 1.11.651.3, 1.13.651.7, 2.08.651.2
HTC Evo 4G: gri40
HTC Evo 4G Software: through 4.54.651.1; 1.32.651.1, 1.47.651.1, 3.26.651.6, 3.29.651.5, 3.30.651.2, 3.30.651.3 (+4)
HTC Evo Design 4G: all versions
HTC Evo Design 4G Software: through 1.19.651.1; 1.19.651.0
HTC Evo View 4G: all versions
HTC Evo View 4G Software: through 1.22.651.2; 1.22.651.1
HTC Hero: all versions
HTC Hero Software: 1.29.651.1, 1.56.651.2, 2.27.651.5, 2.27.651.6, 2.31.651.7, 2.32.651.2
HTC Shift 4G: all versions
HTC Shift 4G Software: through 2.76.651.6; 1.17.651.1, 2.75.651.4, 2.75.651.5
HTC Vivid: all versions
HTC Vivid Software: through 3.26.502

References

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