CVE-2015-3999

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-3999
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-05-20 18:59:07 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionPiriform 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 2.1 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-200 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Piriform Ccleaner 3.26.1888 All All All
Application Piriform Ccleaner 3.27.1900 All All All
Application Piriform Ccleaner 3.28.1913 All All All
Application Piriform Ccleaner 4.00.4064 All All All
Application Piriform Ccleaner 4.01.4093 All All All
Application Piriform Ccleaner 4.02.4115 All All All
Application Piriform Ccleaner 4.03.4151 All All All
Application Piriform Ccleaner 4.04.4197 All All All
Application Piriform Ccleaner 4.05.4250 All All All
Application Piriform Ccleaner 4.06.4324 All All All
Application Piriform Ccleaner 4.07.4369 All All All
Application Piriform Ccleaner 4.08.4428 All All All
Application Piriform Ccleaner 4.09.4471 All All All
Application Piriform Ccleaner 4.10.4570 All All All
Application Piriform Ccleaner 4.11.4619 All All All
Application Piriform Ccleaner 4.12.4657 All All All
Application Piriform Ccleaner 4.13.4693 All All All
Application Piriform Ccleaner 4.14.4707 All All All
Application Piriform Ccleaner 4.15.4725 All All All
Application Piriform Ccleaner 4.16.4763 All All All
Application Piriform Ccleaner 4.17.4808 All All All
Application Piriform Ccleaner 4.18.4844 All All All
Application Piriform Ccleaner 4.19.4867 All All All
Application Piriform Ccleaner 5.00.5050 All All All
Application Piriform Ccleaner 5.01.5075 All All All
Application Piriform Ccleaner 5.02.5101 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Full Disclosure: KL-001-2015-002 : Piriform CCleaner Wiped Filename Recovery af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org
Piriform CCleaner CVE-2015-3999 Arbitrary File Overwrite Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
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