CVE-2011-0638

Microsoft Windows does not properly 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.

Score

CVSS 2.0 6.9 Medium

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2011-01-25

Last modified

2024-08-06

Weaknesses

CWE-16

Affected products

• Windows (Microsoft)

References

• 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
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12566