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CVE-2026-9490: Acer Care Center creates a Named Pipe with a weak Security Descriptor
- Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2026-05-25 · updated 2026-07-23
- Weakness: CWE-269
Description
A security vulnerability has been identified in Acer Care Center where the ACCSvc service creates a Named Pipe with a weak Security Descriptor. This vulnerability allows an authenticated local user to connect and send a specially crafted message (message type 0x03) to the pipe, causing the service to crash with exit code 1067 (ERROR_PROCESS_ABORTED). To mitigate this potential local service disruption, Acer requires users to update the software to the latest version.
Affected products
- Acer Care Center: before 4.00.3060 — fixed in 4.00.3060
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: Acer Care Center 4.00.3060. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
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