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2 vulnerabilities found for Global Registration Service by Acer

CVE-2020-36976 (GCVE-0-2020-36976)

Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2026-01-27 18:51 – Updated: 2026-01-29 16:49
VLAI?
Title
Global Registration Service 1.0.0.3 - 'GREGsvc.exe' Unquoted Service Path
Summary
Acer Global Registration Service 1.0.0.3 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability in its service configuration that allows local users to potentially execute arbitrary code. Attackers can exploit the unquoted path in C:\Program Files (x86)\Acer\Registration\ to inject malicious executables that would run with elevated LocalSystem privileges during service startup.
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
CWE
  • CWE-428 - Unquoted Search Path or Element
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Acer Global Registration Service Affected: 1.0.0.3
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Credits
Emmanuel Lujan
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CVE-2020-36976 (GCVE-0-2020-36976)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-01-27 18:51 – Updated: 2026-01-29 16:49
VLAI?
Title
Global Registration Service 1.0.0.3 - 'GREGsvc.exe' 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
CWE
  • CWE-428 - Unquoted Search Path or Element
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Acer Global Registration Service Affected: 1.0.0.3
Create a notification for this product.
Credits
Emmanuel Lujan
Show details on NVD website
To clipboard 

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