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TI-2025-13068 Aliases CVE-2025-14305GHSA-fqv9-v548-xmqm

Acer｜ListCheck.exe - Local Privilege Escalation

Priority LOW 38CWE-863Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Attack requirements
None
Impact type
Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-863.

Summary

ListCheck.exe developed by Acer has a Local Privilege Escalation vulnerability. Authenticated local attackers can replace ListCheck.exe with a malicious executable of the same name, which will be executed by the system and result in privilege escalation.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00121 1st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
AcerListCheck.exeup to 4.0.0.1—No fix listedCNA
  • ListCheck.exe VendorAcer Affected up to 4.0.0.1 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-14305
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-fqv9-v548-xmqm

References

Advisory 2

  • TI-2022-19876 Acer Altos W2000h-W570h F4 R01.03.0018 was discovered to contain a stack overflow in the… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2021-22442 Acer Backup Manager Module 3.0.0.99 - 'IScheduleSvc.exe' Unquoted Service Path CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.5
  • TI-2021-22441 Acer Updater Service 1.2.3500.0 - 'UpdaterService.exe' Unquoted Service Path CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.5
  • TI-2020-19111 Global Registration Service 1.0.0.3 - 'GREGsvc.exe' Unquoted Service Path CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.5
  • TI-2019-15356 Acer Launch Manager 6.1.7600.16385 - 'DsiWMIService' Unquoted Service Path CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.5
  • TI-2022-18979 Stack overflow vulnerability in Aspire E5-475G 's BIOS firmware, in the FpGui module, a… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
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Sources

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