Security Advisory

CVE-2011-0640

CVE vulnerability detail - eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2011-01-25 00:00:00

Last updated 2024-09-16 22:25:14

Assigner mitre

CVSS score not scored

State PUBLISHED

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.

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