beyondtrust remote-support CVE-2024-12686 vulnerability in Beyondtrust Products
Published on December 18, 2024

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.

Vendor Advisory NVD

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 considered to have a low attack complexity. It has an exploitability score of 1.2 out of four. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.

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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Beyondtrust Remote Support
 
Beyondtrust Privileged Remote Access
 

What versions are vulnerable to CVE-2024-12686?