National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2011-0638

Overview

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.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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External Source: MISC

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

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

External Source: MISC

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

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

External Source: OVAL

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:12566

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:12566

External Source: MISC

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

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

References to Check Content

Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:12566

Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:12566