CCleaner Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Priority LOW 33CWE-552Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-552.
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.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00145 3rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed CCleaner (Gen Digital): < 6.36.11508
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gen Digital | CCleaner | 6.33.11465 to before < 6.36.11508 | < 6.36.11508 | Patch available | CNA |
- CCleaner VendorGen Digital Affected 6.33.11465 to before < 6.36.11508 Fixed in < 6.36.11508 Patch available CNA
Remediation
- Fix · CNA CCleaner (Gen Digital) Fixed in < 6.36.11508
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-3025
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-5gq3-ccfh-828v
References
More Gen Digital vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-57223 Avast sandbox privilege escalation via unpreserved DACLs on virtualized files in aswSnx.sys CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2026-22110 Avira Internet Security Optimizer TOCTOU CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2026-22109 Avira Internet Security System Speedup Insecure Deserialization CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2026-22108 Avira Internet Security Arbitrary File Deletion via Improper Link Resolution CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2015-06072 Use-after-free vulnerability in the Update Manager service in Avira Management Console… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
- TI-2023-18488 An issue was discovered in Avira Phantom VPN through 2.23.1 for macOS. CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.3
Sources
- CVE-2025-3025 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-3025 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-5gq3-ccfh-828v · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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