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TI-2008-04612 Aliases CVE-2008-4830GHSA-mh5m-5r69-7g2f

Insecure method vulnerability in the KWEdit ActiveX control in SAP GUI 6.40 Patch 29…

Priority MEDIUM 62Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Medium
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Complete · Complete · Complete
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.27594 98th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:sap:sap_gui:6.40:*:*:*:*:*:*:*6.40VulnerableSAP
cpe:2.3:a:sap:sap_gui:7.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.10VulnerableSAP
  • cpe:2.3:a:sap:sap_gui:6.40:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.40 Vulnerable ·SAP
  • cpe:2.3:a:sap:sap_gui:7.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.10 Vulnerable ·SAP

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2008-4830
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-mh5m-5r69-7g2f

References

Patch 1

  • TI-2008-04609 Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in the AddTab method in the (1) Tab and (2) CTab… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3

Sources

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