SYSTEM privilege escalation via Disk Clean junction
Published Jul 13, 2026 · Updated Jul 13, 2026
Link following in Glarysoft Glary Utilities 6.24.0.28 allows local users to gain SYSTEM privileges through Disk Clean. Disk Clean's privileged service follows an attacker-created junction when deleting cleanup targets, redirecting deletion to arbitrary files. Exploitation requires low-privileged code execution and user interaction; arbitrary file deletion enables code execution as SYSTEM.
Summary
What happened
Link following in Glarysoft Glary Utilities 6.24.0.28 allows local users to gain SYSTEM privileges through Disk Clean. Disk Clean's privileged service follows an attacker-created junction when deleting cleanup targets, redirecting deletion to arbitrary files. Exploitation requires low-privileged code execution and user interaction; arbitrary file deletion enables code execution as SYSTEM.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-15684
- Published
- Jul 13, 2026
- Updated
- Jul 13, 2026
- Vendor
- Glarysoft
- Product
- Glary Utilities
- Classifications
- CWE-59, T1068
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Jul 13, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jul 13, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=6.24.0.28
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