CVE-2007-0675
HIGHEPSS 97th pctlDescription
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 v2 Vector
No CVSS vector data available.
Exploit Intelligence
Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 97% of all known CVEs.
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
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5489
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