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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD7.3 High

CVE-2026-6064

Norton, Avast, and AVG local privilege escalation via link following in Data Shredder

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Status
Published
Published
Updated
Assigning organization
GEN

Description

Link following vulnerability in Data Shredder components in Norton Antivirus, Avast Antivirus, and AVG Internet Security prior to 26.5.10933 on Windows allows a local, low-privileged attacker to escalate privileges to SYSTEM. During a privileged shred operation, enabling arbitrary file/folder deletion that is leveraged to gain NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM privelages.

Affected products

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

Gen Digital Norton Antivirus

Default version status: unaffected

  • 0 to < 26.5affected

Gen Digital Avast Antivirus

Default version status: unaffected

  • 0 to < 26.5affected

Gen Digital AVG Internet Security

Default version status: unaffected

  • 0 to < 26.5affected

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