CVE-2023-42137 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting PAX Android-based POS devices running PayDroid_8.1.0_Sagittarius_V11.1.50 or earlier. It allows for command execution with high privileges through the use of malicious symlinks, requiring the attacker to have prior shell access. With a CVSS score of 7.8, this local vulnerability could lead to full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no known public exploit code or active exploitation, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness within the security community.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 8.1.0_sagittarius_11.1.50_20230614CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:paxtechnology:paydroid:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.