CVE-2022-27438

Public Exploit

Description

Caphyon Ltd Advanced Installer 19.3 and earlier and many products that use the updater from Advanced Installer (Advanced Updater) are affected by a remote code execution vulnerability via the CustomDetection parameter in the update check function. To exploit this vulnerability, a user must start an affected installation to trigger the update check.

Category

8.1
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 13.93% Top 10%
Vendor Advisory advancedinstaller.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://advanced.com product
http://caphyon.com product
https://gerr.re/posts/cve-2022-27438/ third party advisory exploit
https://www.advancedinstaller.com/security-updates-auto-updater.html patch vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2022-27438?
CVE-2022-27438 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2022-27438?
To fix CVE-2022-27438, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2022-27438 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2022-27438 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~14% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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