CVE-2011-4872

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.

Category

2.6
CVSS
Severity: Low
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.65%
Vendor Advisory secunia.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/763355 third party advisory us government resource
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-02/0002.html mailing list
http://secunia.com/advisories/47837 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://blog.mywarwithentropy.com/2012/02/8021x-password-exploit-on-many-htc.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51790 vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2011-4872?
CVE-2011-4872 has been scored as a low severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2011-4872?
To fix CVE-2011-4872, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2011-4872 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2011-4872 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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