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CVE-2009-1743

CRITICAL CVSS: 9.3 Published: 2009-05-21 Modified: 2026-06-16

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 Platforms

Pinnaclesys Pinnacle Hollywood EffectsPinnaclesys Pinnacle Studio

Weakness Type

CWE-22

References