CVE-2011-0639

Published Jan 25, 2011

Last updated 14 years ago

Overview

Description: Apple Mac OS X 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.
Source: cve@mitre.org
NVD status: Analyzed

Hype score: Not currently trending

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 6.9
Impact score: 10
Exploitability score: 3.4
Vector string: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: CWE-16

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "0FF5999A-9D12-4CDD-8DE9-A89C10B2D574"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References