CVE-2020-36976: Acer Global Registration Service

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Acer Global Registration Service 1.0.0.3 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability in its service configuration that allows local users to potentially execute arbitrary code. Attackers can exploit the unquoted path in C:\Program Files (x86)\Acer\Registration\ to inject malicious executables that would run with elevated LocalSystem privileges during service startup.

Affected products

• Acer Global Registration Service: version 1.0.0.3 only

Published 2026-01-27. Last modified 2026-06-17.