CVE-2023-42133

MEDIUM

PAX Android based POS devices - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

PAX Android based POS devices allow for escalation of privilege via improperly configured scripts. An attacker must have shell access with system account privileges in order to exploit this vulnerability. A patch addressing this issue was included in firmware version PayDroid_8.1.0_Sagittarius_V11.1.61_20240226.

References (4)

Core 4
Core References
Release Notes vendor-advisory
https://ppn.paxengine.com/release/development?
Various Sources technical-description
https://blog.stmcyber.com/pax-pos-cves-2023/
Various Sources third-party-advisory
https://cert.pl/en/posts/2024/10/CVE-2023-42133
Various Sources third-party-advisory
https://cert.pl/posts/2024/10/CVE-2023-42133

Scores

CVSS v3 6.7
EPSS 0.0023
EPSS Percentile 14.0%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-276
Status published
Products (1)
PAX/POS terminals < 11.1.61_20240226
Published Oct 11, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026