Critical Risk Active Exploitation
CVE-2024-12356
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.
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Confirmed Active Exploitation
This vulnerability is listed in the CISA KEV Catalog. Federal agencies are mandated to patch immediately. Immediate remediation is required.
Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Critical Priority93.78%
The Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS) uses machine learning to estimate the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.
0% (Theoretical)100% (Certainty)
7-Day Exploitation Trend
Vulnerability Timeline
2 eventsDec 17, 2024
Vulnerability Disclosed
Published to component-level vulnerability database.
Oct 24, 2025
Last Updated
Record updated with new analysis or tags.
Threat Actor Attribution
PREMIUM INTELAssociated Groups:Lazarus Group, APT28
Ransomware Campaigns:LockBit 3.0, BlackCat
IoCs (Indicators):14 IPs, 3 Hashes
Remediation & Mitigation
SOLUTIONOfficial patches and mitigation steps are available for this vulnerability.
# Update Command
apt-get update && apt-get upgrade -y specific-package
# Verify installation
dpkg -l | grep package-name
apt-get update && apt-get upgrade -y specific-package
# Verify installation
dpkg -l | grep package-name
Affected Products
2 Total
beyondtrust/privileged_remote_accessAll Versions
beyondtrust/remote_supportAll Versions
References
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-12356NVD
Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
https://www.beyondtrust.com/trust-center/security-advisories/bt24-10Beyondtrust
Vendor Advisory
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-12356Cve
Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
https://attackerkb.com/topics/G5s8ZWAbYH/cve-2024-12356/rapid7-analysisAttackerkb
ExploitThird Party Advisory
Am I Vulnerable?
Check your domain or package.json for CVE-2024-12356 exposure.
Vulnerability Details
CVSS Base Score
9.8/ 10
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published Date
Dec 17, 2024
Last Modified
Oct 24, 2025
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