PT-2026-4999 · Acer · Global Registration Service

Emmanuel Lujan · Published 2026-01-27 · Updated 2026-01-27 · CVE-2020-36976

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Acer Global Registration Service version 1.0.0.3

Description An unquoted service path exists in the service configuration. Local users can exploit the unquoted path in 'C:Program Files (x86)AcerRegistration' to inject malicious executables. These executables would run with elevated LocalSystem privileges during service startup, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-428

Related Identifiers

CVE-2020-36976

Affected Products

Global Registration Service

References · 4

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/49142 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-36976 · Security Note
• https://vulncheck.com/advisories/global-registration-service-gregsvcexe-unquoted-service-path · Note
• https://acer.com/ac/en/US/content/home · Note