CVE-2026-12410 — CCleaner local privilege escalation via link following on uninstall

CVE-2026-12410

CCleaner local privilege escalation via link following on uninstall PUBLISHED

Description (CNA)

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 (CNA)

Vendor / product	Versions
Gen Digital / CCleaner	affected 0 before 7.10.1464

CWE

CWE-59

References

https://www.gendigital.com/us/en/contact-us/security-advisories/

ADP enrichment

CISA-ADP

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