CVE-2006-6960 describes a bypass vulnerability in WebRoot Spy Sweeper 4.5.9 and earlier, where its "Compression Sweep" feature fails to process non-ZIP archives. This allows remote attackers to evade malware detection by using alternative compression formats like RAR, GZ, TAR, CAB, or ACE. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.8, indicating a medium severity with a network attack vector, medium complexity, and potential for partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this decade-old vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 4.5.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:webroot_software:spy_sweeper:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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