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Plain-English summary
CVE-2026-9490 is a local denial-of-service issue in Acer Care Center. A signed-in user on the machine can trigger the ACCSvc service to crash. This is disruptive rather than data-theft focused, but it can affect endpoint support, health monitoring, or bundled Acer management functions.
Executive priority
Treat this as a moderate endpoint hygiene issue. It does not currently indicate remote compromise, but it can let local users disrupt an OEM service and may create operational noise on shared or poorly controlled endpoints.
Technical view
Acer Care Center 4.0 creates a named pipe with a weak security descriptor. The CVE record maps this to CWE-269 and CVSS 4.0 score 6.8. A low-privileged local authenticated user can send a crafted IPC message that aborts ACCSvc, causing service failure.
Likely exposure
Exposure is limited to systems with Acer Care Center 4.0 installed. Risk is highest on shared endpoints, unmanaged local-user environments, kiosks, classrooms, labs, and fleets where bundled OEM utilities remain installed.
Exploitation context
The source bundle does not indicate internet exposure, remote exploitation, or CISA KEV listing. The attacker must already have local authenticated access to the Windows system running the affected software.
Researcher notes
The public record is narrow: affected product, local authenticated requirement, weak named-pipe security descriptor, ACCSvc crash impact, and update recommendation. No public source in the bundle names a workaround, exploit in the wild, or affected versions beyond Acer Care Center 4.0.
Mitigation direction
- Update Acer Care Center to the latest version per Acer guidance.
- Inventory endpoints for Acer Care Center 4.0 installations.
- Prioritize shared or high-user-turnover systems for update first.
- Monitor Acer's advisory for any revised affected-version or fix details.
Validation and detection
- Confirm whether Acer Care Center 4.0 is installed on managed endpoints.
- Verify the installed version after applying Acer's update.
- Review Windows service logs for repeated ACCSvc crashes or exit code 1067.
- Confirm no remaining managed assets run the vulnerable version.
Public sources used
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- Medium
- CVSS
- 6.8 (4.0)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/RE:M
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CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/RE:M — — Acer Vulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 4.0 score
6.8 MediumVector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/RE:M
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- https://community.acer.com/en/kb/articles/19668 CVE reference, Acer
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