01 Record
CVE-2026-6064
Norton, Avast, and AVG local privilege escalation via link following in Data Shredder
HighPUBLISHEDCNA: GEN
CNA base score7.3 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
02 Description
Norton, Avast, and AVG local privilege escalation via link following in Data Shredder
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- Not scored by EPSS
- EPSS percentile
- Not scored by EPSS
- NVD base score
- 7.3 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Awaiting Analysis. NVD last modified this record on 2026-10-28.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2026-10-28 10:47Z23 HR AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-10-28 10:47Z23 HR AGO
- Reserved
- 2026-04-10
- Assigning CNA
- GEN
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 7.3)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-59Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')Base
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- f72a824430e593e67221f9659833554bf3ed36cb8e98abfd288a170e5e21975a
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.gendigital.comhttps://www.gendigital.com/us/en/contact-us/security-advisories/
07 Remediation
Customers are advised to upgrade to version >26.5 released on or after May 2026