CVE-2011-0640

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.9 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2011-01-25 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

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.

Affected products

Udev Project Udev: all versions

References

http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-20028919-245.html
http://www.blackhat.com/html/bh-dc-11/bh-dc-11-briefings.html#Stavrou
http://www.cs.gmu.edu/~astavrou/publications.html
http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-20028919-245.html
http://www.blackhat.com/html/bh-dc-11/bh-dc-11-briefings.html#Stavrou
http://www.cs.gmu.edu/~astavrou/publications.html

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