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Fencer Vulns
critical 9.3

CVE-2009-1743 json

Directory traversal vulnerability in InstallHFZ.exe 6.5.201.0 in Pinnacle Hollywood Effects 6, a module in Pinnacle Systems Pinnacle Studio…

published 2009-05-21 17 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2009-1738

cvss
9.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
6.2%
EPSS 6.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 93%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Directory traversal vulnerability in InstallHFZ.exe 6.5.201.0 in Pinnacle Hollywood Effects 6, a module in Pinnacle Systems Pinnacle Studio 12, allows remote attackers to create and overwrite arbitrary files via a filename containing a ..\ (dot dot backslash) sequence in a Hollywood FX Compressed Archive (.hfz) file. NOTE: this can be leveraged for code execution by decompressing a file to a Startup folder. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-8670)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

6.18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-8670 Pinnacle Studio 12 - '.hfz' Directory Traversal local, 2009-05-13
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34936 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • retrogod.altervista.org http://retrogod.altervista.org/9sg_pinnacle_studio_12_hfz.htm referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 9.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

References

Sources

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