8.5

CVE-2025-14305: acer listcheck.exe Incorrect Authorization

CVSS: 8.5v4.0HighDeferred
Published 17-12-2025Last modified 17-12-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-14305 is a high (CVSS 8.5) Incorrect Authorization vulnerability in acer listcheck.exe. EPSS estimates a 0.12% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 1.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
34/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
8.5/10
010
High · v4.0 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.12%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 17-12-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 17-12-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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 metrics

4 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.12%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

2%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.12% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.12%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Acer1 product

1 vendor · 1 product

References

2 links