Description
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.
Published: 2011-01-25
Score: 6.9 Medium
EPSS: 1.3% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2011-0656 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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Microsoft Windows
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T21:58:26.002Z

Reserved: 2011-01-24T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2011-0638

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Status : Modified

Published: 2011-01-25T01:00:03.143

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2011-0638

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