Command Injection in Privileged Remote Access & Remote Support (PRA/RS)
CVE-2024-12686 Published on December 18, 2024
Command Injection vulnerability in Remote Support(RS) & Privilege Remote Access (PRA)
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.
Known Exploited Vulnerability
This BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access (PRA) and Remote Support (RS) OS Command Injection Vulnerabilit vulnerability is part of CISA's list of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities. 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.
The following remediation steps are recommended / required by February 3, 2025: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2024-12686 is exploitable with network access, and requires user privileges. This vulnerability is consided to have a high level of attack complexity. This vulnerability is known to be actively exploited by threat actors. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.
Weakness Type
What is a Shell injection Vulnerability?
The software constructs all or part of an OS command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended OS command when it is sent to a downstream component.
CVE-2024-12686 has been classified to as a Shell injection vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2024-12686
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Affected Versions
BeyondTrust Remote Support(RS) & Privileged Remote Access(PRA):- Before and including 24.3.1 is affected.
Exploit Probability
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) scores estimate the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. The percentile shows you how this score compares to all other vulnerabilities.