PDF Complete PDFCOMPLETE Corporate Edition 4.1.45 pdfcDispatcher Service unquoted search path

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in PDF Complete PDFCOMPLETE Corporate Edition 4.1.45. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component pdfcDispatcher Service. This manipulation causes unquoted search path. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2021-47896. The attack can only be executed locally. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in PDF Complete PDFCOMPLETE Corporate Edition 4.1.45 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component pdfcDispatcher Service. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a unquoted search path vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The weakness was shared by Ismael Nava as 49558. It is possible to read the advisory at exploit-db.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2021-47896 since 01/18/2026. The exploitation appears to be difficult. Attacking locally is a requirement. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1574.009 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (49558) and EUVD (EUVD-2026-4279). 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
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Access: Public
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Timelineinfo

01/18/2026 CVE reserved
01/23/2026 +5 days Advisory disclosed
01/23/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
01/24/2026 +1 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: 49558
Researcher: Ismael Nava
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2021-47896 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2021-47896
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-342679
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scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 01/23/2026 18:39
Updated: 01/24/2026 09:56
Changes: 01/23/2026 18:39 (81), 01/24/2026 09:56 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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