Brother Industries BRAdmin Professional 3.75.0000 BRA_Scheduler Service unquoted search path

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Brother Industries BRAdmin Professional 3.75.0000. It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown function of the file C:\Program Files (x86)\Brother\ of the component BRA_Scheduler Service. Performing a manipulation results in unquoted search path. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2021-47869. The attack requires a local approach. Moreover, an exploit is present.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Brother Industries BRAdmin Professional 3.75.0000. This affects an unknown code block of the file C:\Program Files (x86)\Brother\ of the component BRA_Scheduler Service. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a unquoted search path vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-428. The product uses a search path that contains an unquoted element, in which the element contains whitespace or other separators. This can cause the product to access resources in a parent path. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Brother BRAdmin Professional 3.75 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability in the BRA_Scheduler service that allows local users to potentially execute arbitrary code. Attackers can place a malicious executable named 'BRAdmin' in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Brother\ directory to gain local system privileges.

The weakness was disclosed by Metin Yunus Kandemir as 49671. It is possible to read the advisory at exploit-db.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2021-47869 since 01/18/2026. The exploitability is told to be difficult. Attacking locally is a requirement. Technical details and a public exploit are known. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1574.009 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Exploit-DB (49671). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Unquoted search path
CWE: CWE-428 / CWE-426
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Timelineinfo

01/18/2026 CVE reserved
01/21/2026 +3 days Advisory disclosed
01/21/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
01/21/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: 49671
Researcher: Metin Yunus Kandemir
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2021-47869 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2021-47869
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-342207
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 01/21/2026 20:12
Changes: 01/21/2026 20:12 (81)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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