CVE-2025-3025
CVSS 7.3 High
- CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Published: 2025-09-15T13:15:36.040
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.
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How to fix CVE-2025-3025
CVE-2025-3025 is a high severity vulnerability affecting the affected product.
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. Related CVE by CWENo related CWE found.Top CVE for VendorNo vendor taxonomy on this […]
Exploit Difficulty: HARD
⏱️ Time to exploit: > 4 hours
🛠️ Required skills: Advanced security expertise
💰 Public exploits: Rare or not public
How to Fix:
- Check if you're running the affected product
- Update to the latest patched version
- If patching is not immediately possible: restrict network exposure, apply least-privilege access
- Test the fix in a staging environment first
- Review logs for signs of exploitation
- Monitor for IOCs (Indicators of Compromise)
- Enable automatic security updates
- Set up vulnerability monitoring
- Review and harden security configurations
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. Related CVE by CWENo related CWE found.Top CVE for VendorNo vendor taxonomy on this […]
Exploit Difficulty: HARD
⏱️ Time to exploit: > 4 hours
🛠️ Required skills: Advanced security expertise
💰 Public exploits: Rare or not public
How to Fix:
1 Identify affected systems
- Check if you're running the affected product
2 Immediate actions
- Update to the latest patched version
- If patching is not immediately possible: restrict network exposure, apply least-privilege access
3 Verification
- Test the fix in a staging environment first
- Review logs for signs of exploitation
- Monitor for IOCs (Indicators of Compromise)
4 Long-term prevention
- Enable automatic security updates
- Set up vulnerability monitoring
- Review and harden security configurations
Exploit Difficulty Assessment
HARD
Time to Exploit: > 4 hours
Skills Required: Advanced security expertise
Public Exploits: Rare or not public
Vulnerability Timeline
Sep 15, 2025
Vulnerability Published
CVE details first published to NVD database
Nov 12, 2025
Imported to Database
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Detection Rules & IOCs
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