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CVE-2011-0638 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-20028919-245.html	CVE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12566	CVE
http://www.blackhat.com/html/bh-dc-11/bh-dc-11-briefings.html#Stavrou	CVE
http://www.cs.gmu.edu/~astavrou/publications.html	CVE
http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-20028919-245.html	[email protected]
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12566	[email protected]
http://www.blackhat.com/html/bh-dc-11/bh-dc-11-briefings.html#Stavrou	[email protected]
http://www.cs.gmu.edu/~astavrou/publications.html	[email protected]

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-16	Configuration	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
microsoft windows	All versions
CPE cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

6 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 29, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Sep 19, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jan 25, 2011	Initial Analysis	[email protected]