Vulnerabilities > CVE-2011-0640 - Unspecified vulnerability in Udev Project Udev
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
MEDIUM Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
COMPLETE Integrity impact
COMPLETE Availability impact
COMPLETE local
udev-project
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.
Vulnerable Configurations
| Part | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 1 |