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CVE-2026-12410: CCleaner 0 to before 7.10.1464
CVE-2026-12410. CVSS 3.1 base score 7.8 (HIGH, Vendor/CNA). EPSS 0.00174 (percentile 0.06547), scored 22-Oct-2026.
Affected technology
CCleaner · 0 to before 7.10.1464
Gen Digital
Description’s affected range: prior to 7.10.1464 on Windows
Component: Not specified by the source
Attack conditions (Vendor/CNA, CVSS 3.1): Local · Low privileges required · No user interaction required
What an attacker can do
A local, low-privileged attacker can 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. Vendor/CNA’s CVSS 3.1 assessment (base score 7.8/10) rates confidentiality, integrity and availability impact as high.
- CWE
- CWE-59
- CCR priority
- 31.2 /100 (P4)
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 /10 · CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H · Vendor/CNA
- EPSS
- 0.00174 · percentile 0.06547 · 2026-10-22
- KEV
- no
Provenance
- NVD CVE API 2.0 · Source record · observed 2026-10-24 01:40:49.068977+00:00 UTC
Stable permalink: https://cybercodered.org/item/cve-cve-2026-12410.html