{"id":"CVE-2006-6959","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2006-6959","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T20:40:45.085Z","title":"WebRoot Spy Sweeper 4.5.9 and earlier allows local users to bypass the \"Startup-Shield\" security restrictions by modifying certain registry keys.","description":"WebRoot Spy Sweeper 4.5.9 and earlier allows local users to bypass the \"Startup-Shield\" security restrictions by modifying certain registry keys.","published":"2007-01-29T16:28:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T22:34:07.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":4.6,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"},"cwe":[],"affected":["webroot software/spy sweeper"],"epss":{"score":0.00418,"percentile":0.35871,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.42%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.osvdb.org/27535","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/437814/100/200/threaded","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.sentinel.gr/advisories/SGA-0001.txt","tags":["Exploit","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27264","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.osvdb.org/27535","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/437814/100/200/threaded","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.sentinel.gr/advisories/SGA-0001.txt","tags":["Exploit","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27264","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-6959","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}