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Fencer Vulns
medium 4.3

CVE-2009-1744 json

InstallHFZ.exe 6.5.201.0 in Pinnacle Hollywood Effects 6, a module in Pinnacle Systems Pinnacle Studio 12, allows remote attackers to cause…

published 2009-05-21 17 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2009-1739

cvss
4.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.2%
EPSS 2.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 82%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

InstallHFZ.exe 6.5.201.0 in Pinnacle Hollywood Effects 6, a module in Pinnacle Systems Pinnacle Studio 12, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted Hollywood FX Compressed Archive (.hfz) file.

Timeline

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

Exploit prediction

2.17% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 82% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-8670 Pinnacle Studio 12 - '.hfz' Directory Traversal local, 2009-05-13

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

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

References

Sources

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