CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-6064

HighCVSS 7.3
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.12%

2th percentile - higher than 2% of all known CVEs

Summary

A link following vulnerability in Data Shredder components in Norton Antivirus, Avast Antivirus, and AVG Internet Security prior to 26.5.10933 on Windows allows a local, low-privileged attacker to escalate privileges to SYSTEM. During a privileged shred operation, this enables arbitrary file/folder deletion leveraged to gain NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM privileges.

Risk Assessment

This enables local privilege escalation to SYSTEM, potentially leading to full system compromise.

Recommendation

Update the antivirus software to version 26.5.10933 or later.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Link following vulnerability in Data Shredder components in Norton Antivirus, Avast Antivirus, and AVG Internet Security prior to 26.5.10933 on Windows allows a local, low-privileged attacker to escalate privileges to SYSTEM. During a privileged shred operation, enabling arbitrary file/folder deletion that is leveraged to gain NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM privelages.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS