CVE-2023-42135 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

PAX A920Pro/A50 devices with PayDroid_8.1.0_Sagittarius_V11.1.50_20230614 or earlier can allow local code execution via parameter injection by bypassing the input validation when flashing a specific partition.

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 0.00065.

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-2023-46594	PAX A920Pro/A50 devices with PayDroid_8.1.0_Sagittarius_V11.1.50_20230614 or earlier can allow local code execution via parameter injection by bypassing the input validation when flashing a specific partition. 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

Thu, 10 Oct 2024 16:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses	CWE-20

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: CERT-PL

Published: 2024-01-15T13:28:55.478Z

Updated: 2025-06-17T21:09:22.557Z

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

Link: CVE-2023-42135

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-01-15T14:15:24.413

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:22:20.747

Link: CVE-2023-42135

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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