CVE-2009-1744

Pinnacle Studio 12 - Denial of Service via Crafted Hollywood FX Archive

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2009-1744. PoCs published by Nine:Situations:Group.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit demonstrates a directory traversal vulnerability in Pinnacle Studio 12 by crafting a malicious .hfz file. The payload overwrites a file outside the intended directory, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution when the file is decompressed by InstallHFX.exe.

Description

InstallHFZ.exe 6.5.201.0 in Pinnacle Hollywood Effects 6, a module in Pinnacle Systems Pinnacle Studio 12, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted Hollywood FX Compressed Archive (.hfz) file.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Nine:Situations:Group · phplocalwindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8670

This exploit demonstrates a directory traversal vulnerability in Pinnacle Studio 12 by crafting a malicious .hfz file. The payload overwrites a file outside the intended directory, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution when the file is decompressed by InstallHFX.exe.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Rce
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Pinnacle Studio 12
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Victim must open the malicious .hfz file
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50856
Exploit, Third Party Advisory exploit x_refsource_exploit-db
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8670
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35137

Scores

EPSS 0.0217
EPSS Percentile 79.9%

Details

CWE
CWE-22
Status published
Products (1)
pinnaclesys/pinnacle_studio 12
Published May 21, 2009
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026