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CVE-2007-0675

Status: ModifiedHigh (7.6)—

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.

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

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Affected technologies (1)

Microsoft — Windows Vista

CWEs

References

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