CVE-2011-0638: Microsoft Windows

Medium severity, CVSS 6.9. EPSS: 1.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Microsoft Windows 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.

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows: any version

Published 2011-01-25. Last modified 2026-06-16.