Acer Global Registration Service 1.0.0.3 unquoted search path

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A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Acer Global Registration Service 1.0.0.3. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file C:\Program Files (x86)\Acer\Registration\. This manipulation causes unquoted search path. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2020-36976. The attack requires local access. In addition, an exploit is available.

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A vulnerability has been found in Acer Global Registration Service 1.0.0.3 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality of the file C:\Program Files (x86)\Acer\Registration\. 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:

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.

The weakness was presented by Emmanuel Lujan as 49142. The advisory is shared at exploit-db.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2020-36976 since 01/27/2026. The exploitation appears to be difficult. An attack has to be approached locally. Technical details and also a public exploit are known. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1574.009 for this issue.

It is possible to download the exploit 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 (49142). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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• Acer

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• Global Registration Service

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• 1.0.0.3

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