Actively exploited · Published Dec 17, 2024 · Assigned by BT

CVE-2024-12356Command Injection Vulnerability in Remote Support(RS) & Privileged Remote Access (PRA)

Critical 9.8 Exploited

In plain English

A critical-severity command injection in Privileged Remote Access from BeyondTrust. Attackers are actively exploiting it in the wild (listed by CISA on December 19, 2024). The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 87.4% (higher than 99.8% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: Metasploit, public proof-of-concept code. Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)9.8Critical
Exploit odds (30 days)87.4%top 0.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildYesCISA KEV since Dec 19, 2024
Attack tooling2Metasploit, Public PoC

CISA guidance

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Federal agencies must remediate by Dec 27, 2024.

Official description

A critical vulnerability has been discovered in Privileged Remote Access (PRA) and Remote Support (RS) products which can allow an unauthenticated attacker to inject commands that are run as a site user.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
BeyondTrust Remote Support 0 – through 24.3.1
BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access 0 – through 24.3.1

Weakness: CWE-77 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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