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.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2011-0657 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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-09-16T20:21:18.277Z

Reserved: 2011-01-24T00:00:00Z

Link: CVE-2011-0639

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2011-01-25T01:00:03.207

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2011-0639

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