FKIE_CVE-2025-3025

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2025-09-15 13:15 - Updated: 2026-10-23 22:10
Severity
7.3 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
References
security@nortonlifelock.comhttps://www.gendigital.com/us/en/contact-us/security-advisories/
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
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  "lastModified": "2026-10-23T22:10:00.160",
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