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 code execution vulnerability via the CustomDetection parameter in the update check function.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.98%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a 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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.1 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.98% probability · 79th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-494
- Affected
- caphyon/advanced installer · 3cx/call flow designer · 3cx/crm template generator · boom/boomtv streamer portal · codesector/direct folders · codesector/teracopy · emeditor/emeditor · flamory/flamory · freesnippingtool/free snipping tool · fxsound/fxsound · gainedge/better explorer · gamecaster/gamecaster · getmailbird/mailbird · guzogo/guzogo · honeygain/honeygain · jki/vi package manager · jpsoft/take command · krylack/archive password recovery · krylack/asterisks password decryptor · krylack/burning suite · +40 more
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://gerr.re/posts/cve-2022-27438/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.advancedinstaller.com/security-updates-auto-updater.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://gerr.re/posts/cve-2022-27438/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.advancedinstaller.com/security-updates-auto-updater.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.