CVE-2007-0675

Severity: high (CVSS 7.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 17.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2007-02-03 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-94

Description

A certain ActiveX control in sapi.dll (aka the Speech API) in Speech Components in Microsoft Windows Vista, when the Speech Recognition feature is enabled, allows user-assisted remote attackers to delete arbitrary files, and conduct other unauthorized activities, via a web page with an embedded sound object that contains voice commands to an enabled microphone, allowing for interaction with Windows Explorer.

Affected products

Microsoft Windows Vista: all versions

References

http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2007/01/31/issue-regarding-windows-vista-speech-recognition.aspx
http://lists.immunitysec.com/pipermail/dailydave/2007-January/004003.html
http://lists.immunitysec.com/pipermail/dailydave/2007-January/004005.html
http://lists.immunitysec.com/pipermail/dailydave/2007-January/004007.html
http://lists.immunitysec.com/pipermail/dailydave/2007-January/004012.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121380194923597&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/30578
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22359
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020232
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-162B.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1779/references
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-032

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