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    2 vulnerabilities by PDF Complete, Inc.

    CVE-2021-47896 (GCVE-0-2021-47896)

    Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-01-23 16:47 – Updated: 2026-01-23 21:49
    VLAI
    Title
    PDFCOMPLETE Corporate Edition 4.1.45 - 'pdfcDispatcher' Unquoted Service Path
    Summary
    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.
    Severity
    8.5 (High)
    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
    7.8 (High)
    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    SSVC
    Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
    CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
    CWE
    • CWE-428 - Unquoted Search Path or Element
    Assigner
    References
    Impacted products
    Date Public
    2020-11-02 00:00
    Credits
    Ismael Nava
    Show details on NVD website
    To clipboard 

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    CVE-2021-47896 (GCVE-0-2021-47896)

    Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2026-01-23 16:47 – Updated: 2026-01-23 21:49
    VLAI
    Title
    PDFCOMPLETE Corporate Edition 4.1.45 - 'pdfcDispatcher' Unquoted Service Path
    Summary
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    Severity
    8.5 (High)
    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
    7.8 (High)
    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    SSVC
    Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
    CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
    CWE
    • CWE-428 - Unquoted Search Path or Element
    Assigner
    References
    Impacted products
    Date Public
    2020-11-02 00:00
    Credits
    Ismael Nava
    Show details on NVD website
    To clipboard 

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