CVE-2009-1743
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-22
- EPSS score
- 6.2% (94th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-1738)
- Published
- May 21, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-1738 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- pinnaclesys / pinnacle hollywood effects
- pinnaclesys / pinnacle studio
References
- http://osvdb.org/54430
- http://retrogod.altervista.org/9sg_pinnacle_studio_12_hfz.htm(Exploit)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35078(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/503476/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34936(Exploit)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50510
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8670
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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