CVE-2022-27438
Caphyon Ltd Advanced Installer 19.2 was discovered to contain a remote code execution (RCE)...
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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
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.
- Record
CVE-2022-27438- CVSS 3.1
- 8.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 5.1 Medium
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-494
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
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.
- Record
CVE-2022-27438- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-31941 No score
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.
- Record
EUVD-2022-31941- Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-5xhh-3gjf-pf84
Caphyon Ltd Advanced Installer 19.2 was discovered to contain a remote code execution (RCE)...
Caphyon Ltd Advanced Installer 19.2 was discovered to contain a remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability via the Update Check function.
- Record
GHSA-5xhh-3gjf-pf84- CVSS 3.1
- 8.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-494
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV No score
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.
- Record
CVE-2022-27438- Updated
- 2026-11-02
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Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| PoC in GitHub | gar-re/cve-2022-27438 | 2022-06-01 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV, PoC in GitHub |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2022-27438 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.1) in Caphyon Advanced Installer, published June 6, 2022. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.11%, the 81st percentile. No source names a fixed version.