CVE-2008-4830

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Published Apr 16, 2009 CVSS 2.0 · 9.3 Critical EPSS 27.6% KEV · Not listed

Description

Insecure method vulnerability in the KWEdit ActiveX control in SAP GUI 6.40 Patch 29 (KWEDIT.DLL 6400.1.1.41) and 7.10 Patch 5 (KWEDIT.DLL 7100.1.1.43) allows remote attackers to (1) overwrite arbitrary files via the SaveDocumentAs method or (2) read or execute arbitrary files via the OpenDocument method.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:sap:sap_gui:6.40:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:sap:sap_gui:7.10:::::::*

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Remediation

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Advisories

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Metrics

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Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

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Exploit prediction score: 27.6% (27.594% probability within 30 days)

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References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/32869
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2008-56/
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502698/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34524
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022062
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1043

History

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Subscriptions

Sap Sap Gui

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 10:31 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: flexera
Published: Apr 16, 2009, 3:00 PM
Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 10:31 AM
Reserved: Oct 31, 2008, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 10:58 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Apr 16, 2009, 3:12 PM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 10:58 PM

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