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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD7.8 High

CVE-2026-12410

CCleaner local privilege escalation via link following on uninstall

Description

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.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

Gen Digital CCleaner

Default version status: unaffected

  • 0 to < 7.10.1464affected

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