CVE-2021-47823

HIGH

Acer ePowerSvc 6.0.3008.0 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2021-47823. PoCs published by Emmanuel Lujan.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This is a technical writeup detailing an unquoted service path vulnerability in Acer ePower Management's ePowerSvc.exe. The vulnerability allows local privilege escalation if an attacker can place a malicious executable in a path that the service resolves due to the unquoted path.

Description

Acer ePowerSvc 6.0.3008.0 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability that allows local users to potentially execute code with elevated system privileges. Attackers can exploit the unquoted path in the service configuration to inject malicious code that would execute with LocalSystem permissions during service startup.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP
by Emmanuel Lujan · textlocalwindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/49900

This is a technical writeup detailing an unquoted service path vulnerability in Acer ePower Management's ePowerSvc.exe. The vulnerability allows local privilege escalation if an attacker can place a malicious executable in a path that the service resolves due to the unquoted path.

Classification
Writeup 90%
Attack Type
Lpe
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Theoretical
Target: Acer ePower Management 6.0.3008.0
Auth required
Prerequisites: Local access to the system · Ability to write to a directory in the service path
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 18, 2026 Full analysis →

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory exploit
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/49900
Various Sources product
https://www.acer.com

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0015
EPSS Percentile 4.5%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-428
Status published
Published Jan 16, 2026
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026