CVEvulnerability
CVE-2021-45975
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2022-01-26
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.9 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-426
Description
In ListCheck.exe in Acer Care Center 4.x before 4.00.3038, a vulnerability in the loading mechanism of Windows DLLs could allow a local attacker to perform a DLL hijacking attack. This vulnerability is due to incorrect handling of directory search paths at run time. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by placing a malicious DLL file on the targeted system. This file will execute when the vulnerable application launches. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code on the targeted system with local administrator privileges.
Affected configurations
• acer care center (>= 4.0 < 4.00.3038)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-426 Untrusted Search Path weakness
References
- https://acercsi.com Broken Link
- https://aptw.tf/2022/01/20/acer-care-center-privesc.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://community.acer.com/en/kb/articles/14757-acer-care-center-requires-an-update-to-resolve-a-security-vulnerability Vendor Advisory
- https://acercsi.com Broken Link
- https://aptw.tf/2022/01/20/acer-care-center-privesc.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://community.acer.com/en/kb/articles/14757-acer-care-center-requires-an-update-to-resolve-a-security-vulnerability Vendor Advisory