CVE-2023-42134 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Physical

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00085.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Paxtechnology	A50 A920 Pro Paydroid

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:o:paxtechnology:paydroid:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:h:paxtechnology:a920_pro:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:o:paxtechnology:paydroid:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:h:paxtechnology:a50:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-46593	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.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://blog.stmcyber.com/pax-pos-cves-2023/
https://cert.pl/en/posts/2024/01/CVE-2023-4818/
https://cert.pl/posts/2024/01/CVE-2023-4818/
https://ppn.paxengine.com/release/development

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: CERT-PL

Published: 2024-01-15T13:28:53.397Z

Updated: 2025-06-17T21:09:22.365Z

Reserved: 2023-09-07T13:17:57.372Z

Link: CVE-2023-42134

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-01-15T14:15:24.190

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:22:20.593

Link: CVE-2023-42134

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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