The default configuration of udev on Linux does not 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.
Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
---|---|---|---|
Udev | Udev_project | - (including) | - (including) |
Udev | Ubuntu | dapper | * |
Udev | Ubuntu | hardy | * |
Udev | Ubuntu | karmic | * |
Udev | Ubuntu | lucid | * |
Udev | Ubuntu | maverick | * |
Udev | Ubuntu | natty | * |
Udev | Ubuntu | oneiric | * |
Udev | Ubuntu | precise | * |
Udev | Ubuntu | precise/esm | * |
Udev | Ubuntu | quantal | * |
Udev | Ubuntu | raring | * |