{"id":"CVE-2009-1743","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2009-1743","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T20:53:28.023Z","title":"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…","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.","published":"2009-05-21T00:30:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T23:07:58.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":9.3,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C"},"cwe":["CWE-22"],"affected":["pinnaclesys/pinnacle studio"],"epss":{"score":0.06181,"percentile":0.93446,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"2009-05-13","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":8670,"kind":"exploit","title":"Pinnacle Studio 12 - '.hfz' Directory Traversal","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8670","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/windows/local/8670.php","file":"exploits/windows/local/8670.php","published":"2009-05-13","added":"2009-05-12","updated":null,"author":"Nine:Situations:Group","type":"local","platform":"windows","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["OSVDB-54666","CVE-2009-1744","OSVDB-54430","CVE-2009-1743"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":null}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified) and the impact is high, while EPSS rates exploitation at 6.2%. Anyone can run this; patch or mitigate before the next change window and check exposed instances for signs of use."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://osvdb.org/54430","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://retrogod.altervista.org/9sg_pinnacle_studio_12_hfz.htm","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/35078","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/503476/100/0/threaded","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34936","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50510","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8670","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://osvdb.org/54430","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://retrogod.altervista.org/9sg_pinnacle_studio_12_hfz.htm","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/35078","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/503476/100/0/threaded","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34936","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50510","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8670","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-1743","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}