CVE-2023-42137
Estado: ModificadaAlta (7.8)—
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.
CVSS
- Versión: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Puntuación base: 7.8
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.47%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 38
- Fecha de la puntuación: 6/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
CWE
- CWE-59
- CWE-59
Referencias
- https://blog.stmcyber.com/pax-pos-cves-2023/
- https://cert.pl/en/posts/2024/01/CVE-2023-4818/
- https://cert.pl/posts/2024/01/CVE-2023-4818/
- https://ppn.paxengine.com/release/development
- https://blog.stmcyber.com/pax-pos-cves-2023/
- https://cert.pl/en/posts/2024/01/CVE-2023-4818/
- https://cert.pl/posts/2024/01/CVE-2023-4818/
- https://ppn.paxengine.com/release/development
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