Vulnerability record · CVE-2009-2261 · published 30 June 2009
CVE-2009-2261: Giorgio tani peazip improper input validation vulnerability
GGiorgio Tani · Peazip
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.
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.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Affected products
1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.
References
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Related vulnerabilities
Same products first, then exploited flaws of the same weakness class.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2009-2261), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.