CVE-2006-6960 (GCVE-0-2006-6960)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2007-01-29 16:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 20:50
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Summary
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.
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CWE
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Date Public
2006-06-20 00:00
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