CVE-2021-45975

HIGH

Acer Care Center <4.00.3038 - DLL Hijacking

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0006
EPSS Percentile 18.1%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-426
Status published
Products (1)
acer/care_center 4.0 - 4.00.3038
Published Jan 26, 2022
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026