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CVE-2009-2261 (GCVE-0-2009-2261)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2009-06-30 10:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 05:44
VLAI
Summary
PeaZIP 2.6.1, 2.5.1, and earlier on Windows allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a .zip archive with a .txt file whose name contains | (pipe) characters and a command.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8881 exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
Date Public
2009-06-05 00:00
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