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A vulnerability was found in SAP GUI 6.40. It has been classified as very critical. This affects an unknown functionality in the library KWEDIT.DLL of the component ActiveX Control. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
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.
The bug was discovered 04/15/2009. The weakness was shared 04/16/2009 by Carsten Eiram (Website). The advisory is shared at vupen.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2008-4830 since 10/31/2008. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details and a public exploit are known. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 02/15/2022).
A public exploit has been developed in Ruby. The exploit is shared for download at securityfocus.com. It is declared as highly functional. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 36163 (SAP GUI KWEdit ActiveX Control SaveDocumentAs() Insecure Method), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows and running in the context l.
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (49891) and Tenable (36163).
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CPE 2.3
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Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
ATT&CK: Unknown
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Access: Public
Status: Highly functional
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Nessus ID: 36163
Nessus Name: SAP GUI KWEdit ActiveX Control SaveDocumentAs() Insecure Method
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MetaSploit ID: enjoysapgui_comp_download.rb
MetaSploit Name: EnjoySAP SAP GUI ActiveX Control Arbitrary File Download
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Sources
Vendor: sap.comAdvisory: vupen.com⛔
Researcher: Carsten Eiram
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2008-4830 (🔍)
X-Force: 49891
SecurityTracker: 1022062
Vulnerability Center: 21632 - SAP GUI 6.40 Patch 29 and 7.10 Patch 5 KWEdit ActiveX Control Remote Code Execution Vulnerability, Medium
SecurityFocus: 34524 - SAP AG SAPgui KWEdit ActiveX Control Insecure Method Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Secunia: 32869
OSVDB: 53680 - SAP GUI (sapgui) KWEdit ActiveX (KWEDIT.DLL) SaveDocumentAs() Method Arbitrary File Write
Vupen: ADV-2009-1043
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150716
Entry
Created: 03/17/2015 23:38Updated: 02/15/2022 10:40
Changes: 03/17/2015 23:38 (87), 09/01/2019 20:18 (2), 02/15/2022 10:40 (2)
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