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CVE-2023-42136

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-42136 is a shell injection vulnerability affecting PAX Android-based POS devices running PayDroid_8.1.0_Sagittarius_V11.1.50_20230614 or earlier, allowing arbitrary command execution with system privileges. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) requires local shell access and low privileges, enabling attackers to achieve high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness within the cybersecurity landscape.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 8.1.0_sagittarius_11.1.50_20230614CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:paxtechnology:paydroid:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.48%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
38.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0048 is in the 79th percentile among its peer group of 16,994 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

blog.stmcyber.com / pax-pos-cves-2023
ExploitThird Party Advisory
cert.pl / en/posts/2024/01/CVE-2023-4818
Third Party Advisory
cert.pl / posts/2024/01/CVE-2023-4818
Third Party Advisory
ppn.paxengine.com / release/development
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