CVE-2021-47896

high

Description

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.

References

https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/pdfcomplete-corporate-edition-pdfcdispatcher-unquoted-service-path

https://www.pdfcomplete.com/cms/dpl/tabid/111/Default.aspx?r=du2vH8r

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/49558

https://pdf-complete.informer.com/download/

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-01-23

Updated: 2026-01-26

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

CVSS v4

Base Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00012