CVE-2023-42136

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: January 15, 2024 at 01:28 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 06:23 AM UTC
9 products affected across 1 vendorPaydroidA920 ProA50

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%
SSVC
PoC

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

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v ≤ 11.1.50_20230614v ≤ 8.1.0_sagittarius_11.1.50_20230614
paxtechnology-a50 (environment) · paxtechnology-a6650 (environment) · paxtechnology-a77 (environment) · paxtechnology-a800 (environment) · paxtechnology-a920 (environment) · paxtechnology-a920-max (environment) · paxtechnology-d190 (environment)
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Remediation

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References (4)

SSVC — Action Prioritization

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CVSS

7.8HIGHCERT-PL
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-77CWE-74

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