CVE-2007-0675
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.6 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-94
- EPSS score
- 18.2% (97th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-0672)
- Published
- February 3, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-0672 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- microsoft / windows vista
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(US Government Resource)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1779/references
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-032
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5489
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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