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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.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2026-01-18 | Published 2026-01-23 | Updated 2026-01-23 | Assigner VulnCheck




HIGH: 8.5CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
HIGH: 7.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Problem types

Unquoted Search Path or Element

Product status

4.1.45
affected

Credits

Ismael Nava finder

References

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

www.exploit-db.com/exploits/49558 (ExploitDB-49558) exploit

www.pdfcomplete.com/cms/dpl/tabid/111/Default.aspx?r=du2vH8r (Vendor Homepage) product

pdf-complete.informer.com/download/ (Software Download Page) product

www.vulncheck.com/...on-pdfcdispatcher-unquoted-service-path (VulnCheck Advisory: PDFCOMPLETE Corporate Edition 4.1.45 - 'pdfcDispatcher' Unquoted Service Path) third-party-advisory

cve.org (CVE-2021-47896)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2021-47896)

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