CVE-2011-0638

medium

Description

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.

References

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

http://www.cs.gmu.edu/~astavrou/publications.html

http://www.blackhat.com/html/bh-dc-11/bh-dc-11-briefings.html#Stavrou

http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-20028919-245.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2011-01-25

Updated: 2025-04-11

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.01764