CVE-2026-9489: CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') in Acer NitrorSense V3
NitroSense 3.x before 3.01.3052 contains Local Privilege Escalation (LPE) vulnerability.The program exposes a Windows Named Pipe that uses a custom protocol to invoke internal functions. However, this Named Pipe is misconfigured, allowing any authenticated local user to execute arbitrary code with NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM privileges and to delete arbitrary files with SYSTEM privileges. By leveraging this, an attacker can execute arbitrary code on the target system with elevated privileges.
CVE-2026-9489: CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') in Acer NitrorSense V3
Description
NitroSense 3.x before 3.01.3052 contains Local Privilege Escalation (LPE) vulnerability.The program exposes a Windows Named Pipe that uses a custom protocol to invoke internal functions. However, this Named Pipe is misconfigured, allowing any authenticated local user to execute arbitrary code with NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM privileges and to delete arbitrary files with SYSTEM privileges. By leveraging this, an attacker can execute arbitrary code on the target system with elevated privileges.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- Acer
- Date Reserved
- 2026-05-25T01:34:16.727Z
- Cvss Version
- 4.0
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- null
Threat ID: 6a13afd8a5ae1af1aa1def24
Added to database: 5/25/2026, 2:11:36 AM
Last updated: 5/25/2026, 2:12:01 AM
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