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CVE-2006-6960

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2007-01-29 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The Compression Sweep feature in WebRoot Spy Sweeper 4.5.9 and earlier does not handle non-ZIP archives, which allows remote attackers to bypass the malware detection via files with (1) RAR, (2) GZ, (3) TAR, (4) CAB, or (5) ACE compression.

Affected products

• Webroot Software Spy Sweeper: through 4.5.9

References

• http://www.osvdb.org/27536
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/437814/100/200/threaded
• http://www.sentinel.gr/advisories/SGA-0001.txt
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27266
• http://www.osvdb.org/27536
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/437814/100/200/threaded
• http://www.sentinel.gr/advisories/SGA-0001.txt
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27266

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