FKIE_CVE-2011-0640

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2011-01-25 01:00 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:27
Severity
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-20028919-245.htmlBroken Link
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.blackhat.com/html/bh-dc-11/bh-dc-11-briefings.html#StavrouNot Applicable
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.cs.gmu.edu/~astavrou/publications.htmlBroken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-20028919-245.htmlBroken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.blackhat.com/html/bh-dc-11/bh-dc-11-briefings.html#StavrouNot Applicable
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.cs.gmu.edu/~astavrou/publications.htmlBroken Link
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
udev_project udev -
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