CVE-2011-0640

 

Published at: - 25-01-2011 02:00

Last modified: - 03-06-2022 05:06

Total changes: - 2

Description

The default configuration of udev on Linux does not warn the user before enabling additional Human Interface Device (HID) functionality over USB, which allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary programs via crafted USB data, as demonstrated by keyboard and mouse data sent by malware on a smartphone that the user connected to the computer.

Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS)

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

 

Verification logic

 

Reference

• http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-20028919-245.html
• http://www.blackhat.com/html/bh-dc-11/bh-dc-11-briefings.html#Stavrou
• http://www.cs.gmu.edu/~astavrou/publications.html

 

Keywords

NVD

 

CVE-2011-0640

 

CVE

 

Common vulnerabilities & exposures

 

CVSS

 

Common vulnerability scoring system

 

Security

 

Vulnerabilities

 

Exposures