CVE-2021-47825
Local privilege escalation via unquoted Acer Updater service path
Is CVE-2021-47825 being exploited?
Not confirmed. CVE-2021-47825 does not appear in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, which records only exploitation that has been observed and reported publicly. That is evidence of absence of a report, not evidence the flaw is unattacked. EPSS currently estimates a 0.18% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How severe is CVE-2021-47825?
CVE-2021-47825 is rated High with a CVSS score of 8.5. Severity describes how bad exploitation would be, not how likely it is: pair it with exploitation evidence before deciding what to patch first.
Is there a patch for CVE-2021-47825?
Not known from our data. No patch reference has been recorded for CVE-2021-47825, which is not the same as no patch existing — a fix may have shipped without a tagged reference, or after this record was written. The vendor advisory is the only authority on whether a fix exists, and mitigations may be available regardless.
What does CVE-2021-47825 affect?
CVE-2021-47825 affects Acer Updater Service 1.2.3500.0. Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
What should I do about CVE-2021-47825?
Apply vendor patch when available; disable Acer Updater if not needed.
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
Attackers can run code as LocalSystem by exploiting the unquoted startup path of Acer Updater Service.
Patch when possible
- affected1.2.3500.0
As published in the CVE Program record. A version outside these ranges is not a statement that it is unaffected — vendors sometimes understate a range, and distribution-backported builds carry upstream numbers that do not reflect what was patched into them.