CVE-2008-4830

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 27.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2009-04-16 · updated 2026-06-16

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

Sap Gui: 6.40, 7.10

References

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
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

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