CVE-2026-15684 PUBLISHED

Glarysoft Glary Utilities Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Assigner: zdi
Reserved: 13.07.2026 Published: 13.07.2026 Updated: 14.07.2026

Glarysoft Glary Utilities Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of Glarysoft Glary Utilities. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability.

The specific flaw exists within the Disk Clean functionality. By creating a junction, an attacker can abuse the service to delete arbitrary files. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of SYSTEM. Was ZDI-CAN-27004.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS Score: 7.3

Product Status

Vendor Glarysoft
Product Glary Utilities
Versions Default: unknown
  • Version 6.24.0.28 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-59: Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following') CWE