PT-2011-2517

CVE-2011-0639

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Published

2011-01-25

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Updated

2011-04-28

Description by

CVSS 2.0
6.9
Medium
MetricsAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Apple Mac OS X (affected versions not specified)
Description The issue concerns a lack of proper warning to the user before enabling additional Human Interface Device (HID) functionality over USB. This allows attackers to execute arbitrary programs via crafted USB data, potentially sent by malware on connected devices such as smartphones.
Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
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