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CVE-2025-3025: CCleaner Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
- Severity: high (CVSS 7.3 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2025-09-15 · updated 2026-10-23
- Weakness: CWE-552
Description
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.
Affected products
- Gen Digital CCleaner: from 6.33.11465 before < 6.36.11508 — fixed in < 6.36.11508
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: Gen Digital CCleaner < 6.36.11508. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
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