Taiwanese handset maker HTC has confirmed that it was probing the alleged security hole in its devices that could users' expose personal information.

Published on Saturday by Android Police, the vulnerability was discovered by app developers Trevor Eckheart, Artem Russakovskii and Justin Case, after HTC rolled out an update to Sense UI.

The update was designed to install some new tools to devices, but the experts claimed that some of these tools could be used to steal users' personal information with the help of a malicious app.

Warning users of the new tools, Russakovskii wrote, "If you, as a company, plant these information collectors on a device, you better be DAMN sure the information they collect is secured."

The tools in question can provide cyber criminals with access to SMS data (includes encoded text), system logs and network & GPS data. The security hole affects HTC handsets like the Thunderbolt, EVO 4G and EVO 3D.

The Taiwan-based manufacturer said that they took their customers' security very seriously, and would provide an update as soon as they would be able to determine the accuracy of the claim.