CVE-2009-2261

Status: ModifiedHigh (9.3)—Exploit

Severity9.3High · CVSS 2.0

Exploitation probability41 %higher than 99% of CVEs

Active exploitationNonot in the CISA catalog

Public exploitAvailablePublished on Exploit-DB · Metasploit module (reliable, widely available exploit)

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.

CVSS

Base score: 9.3
Version: 2.0
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 41 %
Percentile among all scored CVEs: 99
Score date: 10/20/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Public exploits

Exploit code or detection templates are publicly available. This is not the same as confirmed active exploitation (KEV), but it raises the risk: patch with priority.

Metasploit module (reliable, widely available exploit) · PeaZip Zip Processing Command Injection
Published on Exploit-DB · PeaZIP 2.6.1 - Zip Processing Command Injection (Metasploit) (9/20/2010)
Published on Exploit-DB · PeaZIP 2.6.1 - Compressed Filename Command Injection (6/5/2009)

Affected technologies (1)

Giorgio Tani — Peazip

CWEs

CWE-20

References

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