CVE-2011-0640

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Summary

CVECVE-2011-0640
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2011-01-25 01:00:03 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.9 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Udev Project Udev - All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Angelos Stavrou CV af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.cs.gmu.edu Broken Link
Black Hat ® Technical Security Conference: DC 2011 // Briefings af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.blackhat.com Not Applicable
Researchers turn USB cable into attack tool | InSecurity Complex - CNET News af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 news.cnet.com Broken Link
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 900101 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for kernel 5.10.52.1
  • 900303 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for kernel 5.10.57.1
  • 900321 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for kernel 5.10.60.1
  • 901166 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (6516-1)
  • 903185 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (3492)
  • 905981 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (3492-1)
  • 906416 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (6516-2)
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