CVE-2026-12410 — CCleaner local privilege escalation via link following on uninstall
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 …
Published: 2026-08-05 · CVSS: 7.8 · CVSS 3.1
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.
Source: CVE Program · Revision 8b16575c39f1e1810c5e863010da073d2d3285e7