Insufficient Warning for USB HID Functionality Enables Arbitrary Program Execution

CVE-2011-0638 · MEDIUM Severity

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

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.

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