Gen Digital AVG Internet Security up to 26.4 Data Shredder privileges management

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A vulnerability labeled as very critical has been found in Gen Digital AVG Internet Security, Avast Antivirus and Norton Antivirus up to 26.4. This affects an unknown part of the component Data Shredder. The manipulation results in privileges management. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2026-6064. The attack is only possible with local access. There is not any exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as very critical, was found in Gen Digital AVG Internet Security, Avast Antivirus and Norton Antivirus up to 26.4. Affected is an unknown part of the component Data Shredder. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The advisory is shared for download at gendigital.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-6064 since 04/10/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 10/28/2026). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

Upgrading to version 26.5 eliminates this vulnerability.

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• Anti-Malware Software

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• Gen Digital

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• Avast Antivirus
• AVG Internet Security
• Norton Antivirus

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• 26.0
• 26.1
• 26.2
• 26.3
• 26.4

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