BeyondTrust Remote Support & Privileged Remote Access up to 24.3.1 os command injection

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in BeyondTrust Remote Support & Privileged Remote Access up to 24.3.1. The affected element is an unknown function. This manipulation causes os command injection. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2024-12686. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present.

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A vulnerability has been found in BeyondTrust Remote Support & Privileged Remote Access up to 24.3.1 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a os command injection vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-78. The product 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE 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.

This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-12686 since 12/16/2024. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The attack can be launched remotely. Additional levels of successful authentication are required for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but an exploit is available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 10/21/2025). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1202 for this issue.

It is declared as attacked. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 213464 (BeyondTrust Remote Support (RS) <= 24.3.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. The CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog lists this issue since 01/13/2025 with a due date of 02/03/2025:

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

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Zero-Day.cz (965) and Tenable (213464). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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• Remote Access Software

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• BeyondTrust

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• Remote Support & Privileged Remote Access

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• 24.3.0
• 24.3.1

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