CVE-2009-1743

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 6.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2009-05-21 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

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.

Affected products

Pinnaclesys Pinnacle Studio: 12

References

http://osvdb.org/54430
http://retrogod.altervista.org/9sg_pinnacle_studio_12_hfz.htm
http://secunia.com/advisories/35078
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/503476/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34936
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50510
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8670
http://osvdb.org/54430
http://retrogod.altervista.org/9sg_pinnacle_studio_12_hfz.htm
http://secunia.com/advisories/35078
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/503476/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34936

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