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CVE-2026-6064

No exploitation reported by the sources we read.

  • Published2026-10-28
  • WeaknessCWE-59

Am I affected?

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Description

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.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2026-10-2811:17CVE publishedNVD

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-10-28 09:37 UTC
Indicators tagged with this CVE, per day0 indicators over 7 days
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  • Firewall list (EDL, text): https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2026-6064?format=txt
  • CSV export: https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2026-6064?format=csv
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Versions per branch

Neither OSV.dev nor the vendor advisories we read list affected versions for CVE-2026-6064 yet.

Full record on NVD

Fix

No fix published by the sources we read yet. NVD record

Detection

Nuclei template
none so far
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
no entry
Exploit-DB
Proof-of-concept repositories
none listed
PoC-in-GitHub

Sources

  • NVDCVE recordread 2026-10-28
  • CNACVSS 3.17.3read 2026-10-28
  • CNAweakness (CWE)CWE-59read 2026-10-28

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
2026-10-28
Last Modified
2026-10-28
NVD status
Received

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-6064?

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.

Is CVE-2026-6064 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2026-6064 has not been confirmed.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2026-6064?

CVE-2026-6064 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.3 (HIGH severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

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