CVE-2011-0639 Information

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.

Reference

http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-20028919-245.html http://www.blackhat.com/html/bh-dc-11/bh-dc-11-briefings.htmlStavrou http://www.cs.gmu.edu/~astavrou/publications.html