CVE-2026-12410: CCleaner local privilege escalation via link following on uninstall
Gen Digital · CCleaner
Vendor fix available · Affected: Gen Digital CCleaner · Exploitation: unlikely (under 1%)
Not in CyberSIXT coverage yet: no article names this CVE. This page shows the public record.
Higher than 6% of scored CVEs
DescriptionCVE.org
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 products1
From the CVE record. A product or version that is not listed is unknown, not unaffected.
- Gen Digital · CCleanerbefore 7.10.1464
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- Exploitation
- Unlikely (under 1%). EPSS under 1%, or no score yet.
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Public check
- No public nuclei template
- Vendor
- Gen Digital
- Published
- August 2026
CoverageNo articles yet
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