CVE-2006-6960

high

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.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27266

http://www.sentinel.gr/advisories/SGA-0001.txt

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/437814/100/200/threaded

http://www.osvdb.org/27536

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2007-01-29

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00286