CVE-2011-4872 (GCVE-0-2011-4872)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-02-05 11:00 – Updated: 2024-09-17 02:37
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
5 references
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| http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/763355 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VN |
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| http://secunia.com/advisories/47837 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA |
| http://blog.mywarwithentropy.com/2012/02/8021x-pa… | x_refsource_MISC |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51790 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
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