CVE-2008-4830

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.

9.3

CVSS

Severity: Critical

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 53.70% Top 5%

Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory vupen.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2008-56/	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32869	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502698/100/0/threaded	mailing list
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1043	vdb entry patch vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34524	vdb entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022062	vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2008-4830?: CVE-2008-4830 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2008-4830?: To fix CVE-2008-4830, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2008-4830 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2008-4830 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~54% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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