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CVE-2023-42134

Published: Jan 15, 2024

Modified: Jun 17, 2025

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

6.8

MEDIUM

Description

PAX Android based POS devices with PayDroid_8.1.0_Sagittarius_V11.1.45_20230314 or earlier can allow the signed partition overwrite and subsequently local code execution via hidden command. The attacker must have physical USB access to the device in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Vendor	Product	Versions
PAX Technology	POS terminals	affected `0 - <= 11.1.45_20230314`

Weaknesses (CWE)

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector

Physical

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

References

https://ppn.paxengine.com/release/development

vendor-advisory

https://blog.stmcyber.com/pax-pos-cves-2023/

technical-description

https://cert.pl/en/posts/2024/01/CVE-2023-4818/

third-party-advisory

https://cert.pl/posts/2024/01/CVE-2023-4818/

third-party-advisory

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