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CVE-2025-14305

ListCheck.exe developed by Acer has a Local Privilege Escalation vulnerability.

HIGH 8.5EPSS 0.12%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.12%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

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.

CVSS 4.0: 8.5 HIGHCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M
EPSS: 0.12% probability · 2th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-863
Source: twcert@cert.org.tw

References

https://www.twcert.org.tw/en/cp-139-10581-16346-2.html
https://www.twcert.org.tw/tw/cp-132-10580-01ad5-1.html

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.