# CVE-2026-6064: Norton, Avast, and AVG local privilege escalation via link following in Data Shredder

Status: published. Published: 2026-10-28. Updated: 2026-11-08.

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.

## Remediation

- fix: Customers are advised to upgrade to version >26.5 released on or after May 2026 (source: CNA: GEN)

## Affected products and versions

- Gen Digital / Norton Antivirus: ≥ 0; < 26.5 (affected, custom). Source: CNA: GEN; platforms: Windows
- Gen Digital / Avast Antivirus: ≥ 0; < 26.5 (affected, custom). Source: CNA: GEN; platforms: Windows
- Gen Digital / AVG Internet Security: ≥ 0; < 26.5 (affected, custom). Source: CNA: GEN; platforms: Windows

## Severity and prioritization

- CVSS 3.1: 7.3 (high); CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H; source: CNA: GEN

- CISA KEV: No listing in collected sources

- EPSS: 0.12% as of 2026-11-08; percentile 2.16%

- SSVC: exploitation none; automatable no; technical impact total; source ADP: CISA-ADP

- Weaknesses: CWE-59

## Exploit evidence

No exploit evidence in collected sources. This is not proof of no exploitation.

## References

- https://www.gendigital.com/us/en/contact-us/security-advisories/ (CNA: GEN)

## Provenance

- CNA: GEN: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-6064; retrieved 2026-11-08; source updated 2026-11-08

- FIRST EPSS: https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2026-6064; retrieved 2026-11-08; source updated Not reported

Revision: 474b7c68821602f23f6970fc06ad2679782f58e09ba7be99561d4d9c80498385

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