Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Apr 16, 2009· Updated Jun 16, 2026

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.

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Affected products

SAP/Sapgui3 versions
cpe:2.3:a:sap:sap_gui:6.40:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:a:sap:sap_gui:6.40:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:sap:sap_gui:7.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)
SAP/KWEdit ActiveX controlllm-create

Patches

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References

www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1043nvdPatchVendor Advisory
secunia.com/advisories/32869nvdVendor Advisory
secunia.com/secunia_research/2008-56/nvdVendor Advisory
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502698/100/0/threadednvd
www.securityfocus.com/bid/34524nvd
www.securitytracker.com/idnvd

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