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.
Fixes

Solution

Upgrade to v. 6.36.11508, or newer, released 28/MAY/2025


Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

History

Mon, 15 Sep 2025 13:00:00 +0000

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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. 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.

Mon, 15 Sep 2025 12:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
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.
Title CCleaner Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Weaknesses CWE-552
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: NLOK

Published:

Updated: 2025-09-15T12:37:39.291Z

Reserved: 2025-03-31T09:08:13.800Z

Link: CVE-2025-3025

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2025-09-15T13:15:36.040

Modified: 2025-09-15T13:15:36.040

Link: CVE-2025-3025

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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