CVE-2008-4830 (GCVE-0-2008-4830)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2009-04-16 15:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 10:31
VLAI
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2008-56/ x_refsource_MISC
http://secunia.com/advisories/32869 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502698/100… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1043 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34524 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022062 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
Date Public
2009-04-15 00:00
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