CVE-2025-3025 CCleaner Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
A local attacker can exploit insecure file delete operations in CCleaner to gain SYSTEM privileges on Windows systems.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-3025?
CVE-2025-3025 is a high-severity vulnerability in Gen Digital CCleaner, published on 15 Sep 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-552
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-3025?
How do I fix CVE-2025-3025?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-3025 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-3025 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-3025 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-5gq3-ccfh-828v.