ZDI-26-565: Gen Digital CCleaner Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
A link-following flaw (CVE-2026-12410, CVSS 7.8) in Gen Digital CCleaner allows local privilege escalation after low-privileged code execution.
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CVE-2026-12410
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 high
- EPSS
- <1%p3
- Published
- ·
- Modified
Description · NVD
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.
- Weakness
- CWE-59
- Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H