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CVE-2023-42136

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2024-01-15 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-77

Description

PAX Android based POS devices with PayDroid_8.1.0_Sagittarius_V11.1.50_20230614 or earlier can allow the execution of arbitrary commands with system account privilege by shell injection starting with a specific word. The attacker must have shell access to the device in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Affected products

• Paxtechnology Paydroid: through 8.1.0_sagittarius_11.1.50_20230614

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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