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2 vulnerabilities found for CCleaner by Gen Digital
CVE-2026-12410 (GCVE-0-2026-12410)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-08-05 14:14
Modified
2026-08-05 15:32
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- CWE-59 - Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')
Summary
Link following vulnerability in the Uninstaller component in CCleaner prior to 7.10.1464 on Windows allows a local, low-privileged attacker to escalate privileges to SYSTEM via a symlink/junction created during application uninstallation, which CCleaner follows when deleting the application's data folder with elevated integrity.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gen Digital | CCleaner |
Version: 0 < 7.10.1464 |
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CVE-2025-3025 (GCVE-0-2025-3025)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-09-15 12:20
Modified
2026-02-26 17:48
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- CWE-552 - Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties
Summary
Elevation of Privileges in the cleaning feature of Gen Digital CCleaner version 6.33.11465 on Windows allows a local user to gain SYSTEM privileges via exploiting insecure file delete operations. Reported in CCleaner v. 6.33.11465. This issue affects CCleaner: before < 6.36.11508.
References
Impacted products
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Version: 6.33.11465 < < 6.36.11508 |
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