CVE-2023-42134

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2024-01-15 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-912

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.

Affected products

Paxtechnology Paydroid: through 8.1.0_sagittarius_v11.1.45_20230314

References

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
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

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