{"answers":{"affected":"","exploited":"It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2021-47896 exists.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2021-47896 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2021-47896 is a high-severity vulnerability in PDFCOMPLETE Corporate Edition, published on 23 Jan 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2021-47896 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2021-47896 is a high-severity vulnerability in PDFCOMPLETE Corporate Edition, published on 23 Jan 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2021-47896 exists.\n\nAffected product: PDFCOMPLETE Corporate Edition. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-47896/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-47896/index.md)","id":"CVE-2021-47896","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-47896/index.md","name":"CVE-2021-47896","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-vm63-8w76-p82f"],"analysis":{"component_type":"desktop_application","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["privilege_escalation","code_execution"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"PDF management software","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"Local attackers can execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges by exploiting an unquoted service path in PDF Complete Corporate Edition.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"privilege_escalation"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"VulnCheck","cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":8.5,"severity":"high","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","version":"4.0"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-428","name":"Unquoted Search Path or Element"}],"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.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"weaponised"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"PDFCOMPLETE Corporate Edition 4.1.45 - 'pdfcDispatcher' Unquoted Service Path","id":"CVE-2021-47896","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"privilege_escalation","year":"2021"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":4,"next":{"headline":"PEEL Shopping 9.3.0 - 'address' Stored Cross-Site Scripting","id":"CVE-2021-47897"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Nsauditor 3.2.2.0 - 'Event Description' Denial of Service","id":"CVE-2021-47895"},"products":["PDFCOMPLETE Corporate Edition"],"published":"2026-01-23","related":[],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"poc","technical_impact":"total"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-01-23","vendors":["PDF Complete, Inc."]},"summary":"Local attackers can execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges by exploiting an unquoted service path in PDF Complete Corporate Edition.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-47896/"}