CVE-2025-3025CCleaner Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
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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.
- CVSS
- 7.3 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-552
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- NLOK
- NVD analysis
- Deferred
- Record last updated
- Feb 26, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 23, 2026
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