CVE-2011-0640 (GCVE-0-2011-0640)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2011-01-25 00:00 – Updated: 2024-09-16 22:25
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Summary
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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