CVE-2006-6960: Webroot Software Spy Sweeper

Medium severity, CVSS 6.8. EPSS: 1.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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: up to and including 4.5.9

Published 2007-01-29. Last modified 2026-06-16.