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BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access (PRA) and Remote Support (RS) OS Command Injection Vulnerability

CVE-2024-12686 · BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access (PRA) and Remote Support (RS) · Published 2024-12-18

How bad would it be?

7.2 out of 10

CVSS rates it high.

How likely is it to be used?

32%

Estimated chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored flaws (EPSS, 2026-10-29).

Is it already being used?

Yes

CISA has seen it exploited in real attacks. For US government agencies the fix is deadline passed 634 days ago (2025-02-03).

What CISA says to do

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

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.

What the flaw is

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.

From the NVD.

Fixes and advisories

www.beyondtrust.comVendor Advisory

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OS command injection

Input changes a command that the server runs through its operating system.

CWE-78 · CISA KEV; NVD record: 13061848-ea10-403d-bd75-c83a022c2891; NVD record: nvd@nist.gov

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