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TI-2009-01658 Aliases CVE-2009-1743GHSA-33xm-5fmg-6g2v

Directory traversal vulnerability in InstallHFZ.exe 6.5.201.0 in Pinnacle Hollywood…

Priority MEDIUM 49CWE-22Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Medium
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Complete · Complete · Complete
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.06181 93rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 2 exploit referencesTagged by the CNA and NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:pinnaclesys:pinnacle_hollywood_effects:6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*6Running onPinnaclesys
cpe:2.3:a:pinnaclesys:pinnacle_studio:12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*12VulnerablePinnaclesys
  • cpe:2.3:a:pinnaclesys:pinnacle_hollywood_effects:6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6 Running on ·Pinnaclesys
  • cpe:2.3:a:pinnaclesys:pinnacle_studio:12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 12 Vulnerable ·Pinnaclesys

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2009-1743
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-33xm-5fmg-6g2v

References

Exploit 2

Other 1

  • TI-2009-01659 InstallHFZ.exe 6.5.201.0 in Pinnacle Hollywood Effects 6, a module in Pinnacle Systems… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 4.3

Sources

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