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CVE-2021-47896: PDFCOMPLETE Corporate Edition 4.1.45 - 'pdfcDispatcher' Unquoted Service Path

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-01-23 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-428

Description

PDF Complete Corporate Edition 4.1.45 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability in the pdfcDispatcher service that allows local attackers to potentially execute arbitrary code. Attackers can exploit the unquoted path in the service binary location to inject malicious executables that will be run with elevated LocalSystem privileges.

Affected products

• PDF Complete, Inc. PDFCOMPLETE Corporate Edition: 4.1.45

References

• https://pdf-complete.informer.com/download/
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/49558
• https://www.pdfcomplete.com/cms/dpl/tabid/111/Default.aspx?r=du2vH8r
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/pdfcomplete-corporate-edition-pdfcdispatcher-unquoted-service-path
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/49558

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