Link following in Glarysoft Glary Utilities
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
Glarysoft Glary Utilities Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of Glarysoft Glary Utilities. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the Disk Clean functionality. By creating a junction, an attacker can abuse the service to delete arbitrary files. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of SYSTEM. Was ZDI-CAN-27004.
Why it matters now
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
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-15684
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-q8cx-4p2w-v29c
References
Other 1
More Glarysoft vulnerabilities
- TI-2018-00574 Untrusted search path in Glarysoft Installer of Glary Utilities CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.8
Sources
- CVE-2026-15684 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-15684 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-q8cx-4p2w-v29c · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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