CVE-2023-4818

high

Description

PAX A920 device allows to downgrade bootloader due to a bug in its version check. The signature is correctly checked and only bootloader signed by PAX can be used. The attacker must have physical USB access to the device in order to exploit this vulnerability.

References

Advisories
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https://ppn.paxengine.com/release/development

https://cert.pl/posts/2024/01/CVE-2023-4818/

https://cert.pl/en/posts/2024/01/CVE-2023-4818/

https://blog.stmcyber.com/pax-pos-cves-2023/

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2024-01-15

Updated: 2025-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.6

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

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00637