CWE-269

Improper Privilege Management

The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.

CVE-2026-9489 (GCVE-0-2026-9489)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-25 01:50 – Updated: 2026-05-26 15:20
VLAI
Title
NitroSense V3: Local Privilege Escalation (LPE) vulnerability
Summary
NitroSense 3.x before 3.01.3052 contains Local Privilege Escalation (LPE) vulnerability.The program exposes a Windows Named Pipe that uses a custom protocol to invoke internal functions. However, this Named Pipe is misconfigured, allowing any authenticated local user to execute arbitrary code with NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM privileges and to delete arbitrary files with SYSTEM privileges. By leveraging this, an attacker can execute arbitrary code on the target system with elevated privileges.
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
  • CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management
  • CWE-284 - Improper Access Control
  • CWE-732 - Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Acer NitrorSense V3 Affected: 3.01.3001 , ≤ 3.01.3052 (custom)
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Credits
Artem Domarev
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CVE-2026-9490 (GCVE-0-2026-9490)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-25 07:25 – Updated: 2026-05-26 14:43
VLAI
Title
Acer Care Center creates a Named Pipe with a weak Security Descriptor
Summary
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.
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Acer Care Center Affected: 4.0 , ≤ 4.00.3058 (custom)
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Credits
Vo Duc Thang
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CVE-2026-9789 (GCVE-0-2026-9789)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-28 02:39 – Updated: 2026-05-28 13:12
VLAI
Title
NitroSense V3: Security Vulnerability Information
Summary
A Local Privilege Escalation (LPE) vulnerability affects Acer NitroSense software versions prior to 3.01.3052. The vulnerability stems from the the PSAdminAgent service, which creates a Named Pipe with a weak Access Control List (ACL). This allows any authenticated local user to connect and send commands. Because the service does not check the caller's privileges before running file deletion commands, a low-privileged local user can exploit this to delete arbitrary files with system authority.
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
  • CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management
  • CWE-284 - Improper Access Control
  • CWE-732 - Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Acer NitrorSense V3 Affected: 3.01.3001 , ≤ 3.01.3052 (custom)
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Credits
Vo Duc Thang
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Mitigation ID: MIT-1

Phases: Architecture and Design, Operation

Description:

  • Very carefully manage the setting, management, and handling of privileges. Explicitly manage trust zones in the software.
Mitigation ID: MIT-48

Phase: Architecture and Design

Strategy: Separation of Privilege

Description:

  • Follow the principle of least privilege when assigning access rights to entities in a software system.
Mitigation ID: MIT-49

Phase: Architecture and Design

Strategy: Separation of Privilege

Description:

  • Consider following the principle of separation of privilege. Require multiple conditions to be met before permitting access to a system resource.
CAPEC-122: Privilege Abuse

An adversary is able to exploit features of the target that should be reserved for privileged users or administrators but are exposed to use by lower or non-privileged accounts. Access to sensitive information and functionality must be controlled to ensure that only authorized users are able to access these resources.

CAPEC-233: Privilege Escalation

An adversary exploits a weakness enabling them to elevate their privilege and perform an action that they are not supposed to be authorized to perform.

CAPEC-58: Restful Privilege Elevation

An adversary identifies a Rest HTTP (Get, Put, Delete) style permission method allowing them to perform various malicious actions upon server data due to lack of access control mechanisms implemented within the application service accepting HTTP messages.

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