CVE-2008-4830

Exp

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.

Published: 2009-04-16 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-4830 is rated High Exploit Risk (81.4/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 27.59%, 98th percentile). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2008-4830

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
16493 exploit_db edb 2010-12-01 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-4830

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 65.00% 27.59% -37.41%
2 2026-06-06 62.47% 65.00% +2.54%
3 2025-05-25 — 62.47% —

Full EPSS history (17 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-4830

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.3 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 8.6 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-4830

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-4830

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
sap sap_gui 6.40 cpe:2.3:a:sap:sap_gui:6.40:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sap sap_gui 7.10 cpe:2.3:a:sap:sap_gui:7.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-4830

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