CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-9490

MediumCVSS 5.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.17%

7th percentile - higher than 7% of all known CVEs

Summary

In Acer Care Center, the ACCSvc service creates a Named Pipe with a weak Security Descriptor. An authenticated local user can connect and send a specially crafted message (type 0x03), causing the service to crash with exit code 1067 (ERROR_PROCESS_ABORTED).

Risk Assessment

A local attacker can crash the Acer Care Center service, potentially affecting system management functions. This requires authenticated local access.

Recommendation

Update Acer Care Center to the latest version. Restrict local access to the system.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

A security vulnerability has been identified in Acer Care Center where the ACCSvc service creates a Named Pipe with a weak Security Descriptor. This vulnerability allows an authenticated local user to connect and send a specially crafted message (message type 0x03) to the pipe, causing the service to crash with exit code 1067 (ERROR_PROCESS_ABORTED). To mitigate this potential local service disruption, Acer requires users to update the software to the latest version.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS