CVE-2021-47825: Acer Updater Service

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

Acer Updater Service 1.2.3500.0 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability that allows local users to execute code with elevated system privileges. Attackers can exploit the unquoted path in C:\Program Files\Acer\Acer Updater\ to inject malicious executables that will run with LocalSystem permissions during service startup.

Affected products

• Acer Acer Updater Service: version 1.2.3500.0 only

Published 2026-01-16. Last modified 2026-06-17.