CVE-2023-42137

PAX Android based POS devices with PayDroid_8.1.0_Sagittarius_V11.1.50_20230614 or earlier can allow for command execution with high privileges by using malicious symlinks. The attacker must have shell access to the device in order to exploit this vulnerability.

• CWE-59
• CWE-59

• https://blog.stmcyber.com/pax-pos-cves-2023/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
• https://cert.pl/en/posts/2024/01/CVE-2023-4818/Third Party Advisory
• https://cert.pl/posts/2024/01/CVE-2023-4818/Third Party Advisory
• https://ppn.paxengine.com/release/developmentPermissions Required
• https://blog.stmcyber.com/pax-pos-cves-2023/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
• https://cert.pl/en/posts/2024/01/CVE-2023-4818/Third Party Advisory
• https://cert.pl/posts/2024/01/CVE-2023-4818/Third Party Advisory
• https://ppn.paxengine.com/release/developmentPermissions Required

Published

Jan 15, 2024

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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