CVE-2009-2261
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…
- 9.3HighCVSS base score
- 41.4%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 1.3% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 3Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
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.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module and 2 Exploit-DB entries for it. A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit.
Show the exploits4
Metasploit modules1 module
- PeaZip Zip Processing Command Injection (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/multi/fileformat/peazip_command_injectionRank excellentdisclosed 5 Jun 2009
Exploit-DB2 entries
- PeaZIP 2.6.1 - Zip Processing Command Injection (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 16307local, multiplepublished 20 Sept 2010Verified
- PeaZIP 2.6.1 - Compressed Filename Command Injection (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 8881local, windowspublished 5 Jun 2009Verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 8881 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
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- 15 years later
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Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 41.4% · top 1.3% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References1
- 8881 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2009-2257 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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