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CVE-2011-4872

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.

Security Impact Summary

CVE-2011-4872 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 9 products from htc, from htc, from htc and 6 others, organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Documented in 2012, this vulnerability occurred amid the cloud computing expansion era, where traditional network perimeter security models were being reevaluated. Organizations were transitioning from isolated infrastructure to interconnected systems, creating new attack surfaces that vulnerabilities like this could exploit.

Published

2012-02-05T11:55:03.047

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 2.6 (LOW)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: HIGH
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: NONE

Exploitability Score

4.9

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-200

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Hardware	htc	desire_hd	frg83d	Yes
Hardware	htc	desire_hd	gri40	Yes
Hardware	htc	desire_s	gri40	Yes
Hardware	htc	droid_incredible	frf91	Yes
Hardware	htc	evo_3d	gri40	Yes
Hardware	htc	evo_4g	gri40	Yes
Hardware	htc	glacier	frg83	Yes
Hardware	htc	sensation_4g	gri40	Yes
Hardware	htc	sensation_z710e	gri40	Yes
Hardware	htc	thunderbolt_4g	frg83d	Yes

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-02/0002.html ([email protected])
http://blog.mywarwithentropy.com/2012/02/8021x-password-exploit-on-many-htc.html ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/47837 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/763355 US Government Resource ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51790 ([email protected])
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-02/0002.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://blog.mywarwithentropy.com/2012/02/8021x-password-exploit-on-many-htc.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/47837 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/763355 US Government Resource (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51790 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For htc's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.