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CVE-2011-0638 (GCVE-0-2011-0638)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2011-01-25 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 21:58
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Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2011-01-19 00:00
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