Glarysoft Glary Utilities 6.24.0.28 Disk Clean path traversal

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A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Glarysoft Glary Utilities 6.24.0.28. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Disk Clean. This manipulation causes path traversal. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-15684. It is possible to launch the attack on the local host. There is not any exploit available.

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A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Glarysoft Glary Utilities 6.24.0.28. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing of the component Disk Clean. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The advisory is shared at zerodayinitiative.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-15684 since 07/13/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1006 for this issue.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• Glarysoft

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• Glary Utilities

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• 6.24.0.28

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