CVE-2024-12686
BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access (PRA) and Remote Support (RS): OS Command Injection
As of , CVE-2024-12686 in BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access (PRA) and Remote Support (RS) is on CISA's list of exploited vulnerabilities: CISA listed it on . Our patch-first group: Patch soon.
- Exploited
- Yes: CISA listed it on 13 January 2025
- US federal deadline
- 3 February 202521 days after CISA listed it. US federal civilian agencies must fix it by then.
- Used in ransomware campaigns
- Not known to CISA
- EPSS score
- 0.14Higher than 96% of the CVEs EPSS scores. EPSS estimates the chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS when listed
- 0.00 on 13 January 2025EPSS on the day CISA listed it.
- Public exploit
- None foundNeither Metasploit nor Exploit-DB lists one.
- Fix
- Vendor advice: www.beyondtrust.comLinks below, from CISA's entry.
What CISA says to do
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
CISA's required action
What the flaw is
BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access (PRA) and Remote Support (RS) contain an OS command injection vulnerability that can be exploited by an attacker with existing administrative privileges to upload a malicious file. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability can allow a remote attacker to execute underlying operating system commands within the context of the site user.
CISA's description
A vulnerability has been discovered in Privileged Remote Access (PRA) and Remote Support (RS) which can allow an attacker with existing administrative privileges to inject commands and run as a site user.
The CVE record's description, from BT
- CVE published
- 18 December 2024
- Assigned by
- BT
- CVSS
- 6.6 Medium (CVSS 3.1, from the CNA)
- CWE-78
- Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
- CISA SSVC, exploitation
- active
- CISA SSVC, automatable
- no
- CISA SSVC, technical impact
- total
Timeline
- The CVE record was published.
- CISA added it to its list of exploited vulnerabilities.
- The US federal deadline to fix it.
Privileged Remote Access (PRA) and Remote Support (RS): other exploited entries
| Vulnerability | Product | Our group | Listed | Deadline | EPSS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2024-12356Command Injection | BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access (PRA) and Remote Support (RS) | Patch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.87 | 0.87 |
Read further
- CVE recordcve.org
- NVD entrynvd.nist.gov
- CISA's catalogcisa.gov
- EPSS for this CVEapi.first.org