Vulnerability · Published Jun 13, 2025 · Assigned by twcert

CVE-2025-5491Acer ControlCenter - Remote Code Execution

High 8.8

In plain English

A high-severity privilege mismanagement in ControlCenter from Acer. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.7% (higher than 54% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)8.8High

Exploit odds (30 days)0.7%top 45.7% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Acer ControlCenter contains Remote Code Execution vulnerability. The program exposes a Windows Named Pipe that uses a custom protocol to invoke internal functions. However, this Named Pipe is misconfigured, allowing remote users with low privileges to interact with it and access its features. One such feature enables the execution of arbitrary programs as NT AUTHORITY/SYSTEM. By leveraging this, remote attackers can execute arbitrary code on the target system with elevated privileges.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Acer	ControlCenter	4.00.3000 – through 4.00.3056

Weakness: CWE-269 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

https://www.twcert.org.tw/tw/cp-132-10180-36818-1.html third-party-advisory
https://www.twcert.org.tw/en/cp-139-10181-933ae-2.html third-party-advisory
https://community.acer.com/en/kb/articles/18243-misconfigured-windows-named-pipe-permissions-in-accsvc-exe-allows-for-remote-code-execution?utm_source=community-search&utm_medium=organic-search&utm_term=Vulnerability vendor-advisory