CVE-2021-47896

HIGH

PDF Complete Corporate Edition 4.1.45 - Code Injection

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2021-47896. PoCs published by Ismael Nava.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This is a writeup detailing an unquoted service path vulnerability in PDFCOMPLETE Corporate Edition 4.1.45. The vulnerability allows local privilege escalation due to the service path containing spaces and not being enclosed in quotes.

Description

PDF Complete Corporate Edition 4.1.45 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability in the pdfcDispatcher service that allows local attackers to potentially execute arbitrary code. Attackers can exploit the unquoted path in the service binary location to inject malicious executables that will be run with elevated LocalSystem privileges.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP
by Ismael Nava · textlocalwindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/49558

This is a writeup detailing an unquoted service path vulnerability in PDFCOMPLETE Corporate Edition 4.1.45. The vulnerability allows local privilege escalation due to the service path containing spaces and not being enclosed in quotes.

Classification
Writeup 90%
Attack Type
Lpe
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: PDFCOMPLETE Corporate Edition 4.1.45
Auth required
Prerequisites: Local access to the system · Ability to write to the directory containing the executable
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (4)

Core 4

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0012
EPSS Percentile 2.4%
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 poc
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-428
Status published
Published Jan 23, 2026
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026