CVE-2026-12410

highCVSS 7.8covered by 1 sourcefirst seen 2026-08-05

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.

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highCVE-2026-12410: Link following vulnerability in the Uninstaller component in CCleaner prior to 7.10.1464 on Wi…nvd · 2026-08-05

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