Vulnerabilities > CVE-2011-0640 - Unspecified vulnerability in Udev Project Udev

047910
CVSS 0.0 - NONE
Attack vector
UNKNOWN
Attack complexity
UNKNOWN
Privileges required
UNKNOWN
Confidentiality impact
UNKNOWN
Integrity impact
UNKNOWN
Availability impact
UNKNOWN
udev-project
NVD
Published: 2011-01-25
Updated: 2024-11-21

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
Udev_Project
1

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