Information disclosure in CCleaner - CVE-2015-3999
Published: May 20, 2015 / Updated: August 9, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU40773
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-3999
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Piriform Ltd.
Affected software:
CCleaner
CCleaner
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
Piriform CCleaner 3.26.0.1988 through 5.02.5101 writes the filenames to disk when overwriting files, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by searching unallocated disk space.
How to mitigate CVE-2015-3999
Install update from vendor's website.