Vulnerability CVE-2011-0640


Published: 2011-01-24   Modified: 2012-02-13

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.

Type:

CWE-16

(Configuration)

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
6.9/10
10/10
3.4/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Complete
Complete
Complete
Affected software
Linux -> Linux kernel 
Kernel -> UDEV 

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

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