CVE-2021-47825
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Vulnerability report for CVE-2021-47825, including description, CVSS score, EPSS score, affected products, exploitability, helpful resources, and attack-flow context.

Publication date: 2026-01-16

Last updated on: 2026-01-16

Assigner: VulnCheck

Description

Acer Updater Service 1.2.3500.0 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability that allows local users to execute code with elevated system privileges. Attackers can exploit the unquoted path in C:\Program Files\Acer\Acer Updater\ to inject malicious executables that will run with LocalSystem permissions during service startup.

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Published
2026-01-16
Last Modified
2026-01-16
Generated
2026-07-06
EPSS Evaluated
2026-07-05
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acer updater_service 1.2.3500.0

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Exploitability

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CWE ID Description
CWE-428 The product uses a search path that contains an unquoted element, in which the element contains whitespace or other separators. This can cause the product to access resources in a parent path.

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