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.
- EPSS
- 1.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 73% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-16
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- microsoft:windows
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
- http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-20028919-245.html