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CVE-2006-6960

The Compression Sweep feature in WebRoot Spy Sweeper 4.5.9 and earlier does not handle non-ZIP archives, which allows remote attackers to b…

Published 19 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
6.8
v2.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
1.3%
percentile 70%
Public exploits
0
none known

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.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

1.27% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 70% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD2.06.8AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

  • securityfocus.com /archive/1/437814/100/200/threaded · mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, x_transferred
  • exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/27266 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF, x_transferred
  • osvdb.org /27536 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_OSVDB, x_transferred
  • sentinel.gr /advisories/SGA-0001.txt · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred

Sources

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