Known Exploited Vulnerability
9.8
CRITICAL
CVE-2024-12356
BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access (PRA) and Rem - [Actively Exploited]
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.

INFO

Published Date :

Dec. 17, 2024, 5:15 a.m.

Last Modified :

Dec. 20, 2024, 2 a.m.

Source :

13061848-ea10-403d-bd75-c83a022c2891

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

3.9
CISA Notification
CISA KEV (Known Exploited Vulnerabilities)

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Description :

BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access (PRA) and Remote Support (RS) contain a command injection vulnerability, which can allow an unauthenticated attacker to inject commands that are run as a site user.

Required Action :

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

Notes :

https://www.beyondtrust.com/trust-center/security-advisories/bt24-10 ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-12356

Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2024-12356 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2024-12356 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

No affected product recoded yet

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2024-12356.

URL Resource
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-12356
https://www.beyondtrust.com/trust-center/security-advisories/bt24-10
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-12356

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

CVE-2024-12356: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection') (CWE-77)

Updated: 2 days, 12 hours ago
2 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Dec. 17, 2024, 3:01 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2024-12356 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

  • The Hacker News
CISA Adds Critical Flaw in BeyondTrust Software to Exploited Vulnerabilities List

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Thursday added a critical security flaw impacting BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access (PRA) and Remote Support (RS) products to the ... Read more

Published Date: Dec 20, 2024 (4 hours, 6 minutes ago)
  • TheCyberThrone
CISA adds BeyondTrust CVE-2024-12356 to its KEV Catalog

CISA has added one new vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation.CVE-2024-12356: Command Injection Vulnerability in BeyondTrust PRA and RSO ... Read more

Published Date: Dec 20, 2024 (7 hours, 14 minutes ago)
  • BleepingComputer
BeyondTrust says hackers breached Remote Support SaaS instances

Privileged access management company BeyondTrust suffered a cyberattack in early December after threat actors breached some of its Remote Support SaaS instances. BeyondTrust is a cybersecurity company ... Read more

Published Date: Dec 19, 2024 (16 hours, 54 minutes ago)
  • Help Net Security
Cleo patches zero-day exploited by ransomware gang

Cleo has released a security patch to address the critical vulnerability that started getting exploited while still a zero-day to breach internet-facing Cleo Harmony, VLTrader, and LexiCom instances. ... Read more

Published Date: Dec 12, 2024 (1 week ago)
  • Help Net Security
Microsoft enforces defenses preventing NTLM relay attacks

Since making Kerberos the default Windows authentication protocol in 2000, Microsoft has been working on eventually retiring NTLM, its less secure and obsolete counterpart. Until NTLM gets disabled by ... Read more

Published Date: Dec 11, 2024 (1 week, 1 day ago)
  • Help Net Security
Microsoft fixes exploited zero-day (CVE-2024-49138)

On December 2024 Patch Tuesday, Microsoft resolved 71 vulnerabilities in a variety of its products, including a zero-day (CVE-2024-49138) that’s been exploited by attackers in the wild to execute code ... Read more

Published Date: Dec 10, 2024 (1 week, 2 days ago)
  • Help Net Security
Attackers actively exploiting flaw(s) in Cleo file transfer software (CVE-2024-50623)

Attackers are exploiting a vulnerability (CVE-2024-50623) in file transfer software by Cleo – LexiCo, VLTransfer, and Harmony – to gain access to organizations’ systems, Huntress researchers warned on ... Read more

Published Date: Dec 10, 2024 (1 week, 2 days ago)
  • Help Net Security
Update your OpenWrt router! Security issue made supply chain attack possible

A security issue that could have allowed attackers to serve malicious firmware images to users has been fixed by OpenWrt Project, the organization that helms the development of the popular Linux distr ... Read more

Published Date: Dec 09, 2024 (1 week, 3 days ago)
  • Help Net Security
Week in review: Veeam Service Provider Console flaws fixed, Patch Tuesday forecast

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Veeam plugs serious holes in Service Provider Console (CVE-2024-42448, CVE-2024-42449) Veeam has fixed ... Read more

Published Date: Dec 08, 2024 (1 week, 4 days ago)
  • Help Net Security
December 2024 Patch Tuesday forecast: The secure future initiative impact

December 2024 Patch Tuesday is now live: Microsoft fixes exploited zero-day (CVE-2024-49138) It seems like 2024 just started, but the final Patch Tuesday of the year is almost here! In retrospect, it ... Read more

Published Date: Dec 06, 2024 (2 weeks ago)
  • Help Net Security
Mitel MiCollab zero-day and PoC exploit unveiled

A zero-day vulnerability in the Mitel MiCollab enterprise collaboration suite can be exploited to read files containing sensitive data, watchTowr researcher Sonny Macdonald has disclosed, and followed ... Read more

Published Date: Dec 05, 2024 (2 weeks ago)
  • Help Net Security
How widespread is mercenary spyware? More than you think

A targeted hunt on 2,500 mobile devices for indicators of compromise associated with mercenary spyware has revealed that its use is not as rare as one would hope. The results of the hunt Earlier this ... Read more

Published Date: Dec 04, 2024 (2 weeks, 1 day ago)
  • Help Net Security
PoC exploit for critical WhatsUp Gold RCE vulnerability released (CVE-2024-8785)

Researchers have published a proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit for CVE-2024-8785, a critical remote code execution vulnerability affecting Progress WhatsUp Gold, a popular network monitoring solution for ... Read more

Published Date: Dec 04, 2024 (2 weeks, 1 day ago)
  • Help Net Security
Veeam plugs serious holes in Service Provider Console (CVE-2024-42448, CVE-2024-42449)

Veeam has fixed two vulnerabilities in Veeam Service Provider Console (VSPC), one of which (CVE-2024-42448) may allow remote attackers to achieve code exection on the VSPC server machine. The vulnerab ... Read more

Published Date: Dec 03, 2024 (2 weeks, 2 days ago)

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2024-12356 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE CISA KEV Update by 9119a7d8-5eab-497f-8521-727c672e3725

    Dec. 20, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Date Added 2024-12-19
    Added Due Date 2024-12-27
    Added Required Action Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
    Added Vulnerability Name BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access (PRA) and Remote Support (RS) Command Injection Vulnerability
  • New CVE Received by 13061848-ea10-403d-bd75-c83a022c2891

    Dec. 17, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added 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.
    Added CVSS V3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Added CWE CWE-77
    Added Reference https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-12356
    Added Reference https://www.beyondtrust.com/trust-center/security-advisories/bt24-10
    Added Reference https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-12356
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2024-12356 is associated with the following CWEs:

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