Vulnerability · Published Oct 11, 2024 · Assigned by CERT-PL
CVE-2023-42133
Medium 6.7
In plain English
A medium-severity incorrect default permissions in POS terminals from PAX. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 14% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.7Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 85.7% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official 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.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| PAX | POS terminals | 0 – before 11.1.61_20240226 |
Weakness: CWE-276 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
References
- https://ppn.paxengine.com/release/development? vendor-advisory
- https://blog.stmcyber.com/pax-pos-cves-2023/ technical-description
- https://cert.pl/en/posts/2024/10/CVE-2023-42133 third-party-advisory
- https://cert.pl/posts/2024/10/CVE-2023-42133 third-party-advisory