In ListCheck.exe in Acer Care Center 4.x before 4.00.3038, a vulnerability in the loading mechanism of Windows DLLs could allow a local attacker to perform a DLL hijacking attack. This vulnerability is due to incorrect handling of directory search paths at run time. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by placing a malicious DLL file on the targeted system. This file will execute when the vulnerable application launches. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code on the targeted system with local administrator privileges.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2022-01-26T14:59:34

Updated: 2024-08-04T04:54:31.090Z

Reserved: 2022-01-01T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2021-45975

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2022-01-26T15:15:07.693

Modified: 2022-02-02T15:51:10.403

Link: CVE-2021-45975

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