CVE-2022-27438
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...
- Published
- Jun 6, 2022
- Updated
- Jul 9, 2026
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Evidence observed
- Aug 8, 2026
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HLow · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 79.3%
- Model date
- Sep 21, 2026
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Summary
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.
Sources
1Proof-of-concept exploit for CVE-2022-27438, demonstrating remote code execution via spoofed update server in Advanced Installer 19.3. Includes DNS spoofing and certificate generation steps.
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