High severity · published Sep 15, 2025
CVE-2025-3025
CCleaner Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
7.3
CVSS
0.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.1% · higher than 4% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CC
CCleaner · Gen Digital
6.33.11465 before < 6.36.11508 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-3025
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-3025
www.gendigital.com
https://www.gendigital.com/us/en/contact-us/security-advisories/
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