Trellix Agent up to 5.8.0 on Linux/macOS buffer overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Trellix Agent up to 5.8.0 on Linux/macOS. This impacts an unknown function. This manipulation causes buffer overflow. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2024-0213. The attack needs to be launched locally. No exploit is available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Trellix Agent up to 5.8.0 on Linux/macOS and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a buffer overflow vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-120. The product copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer, leading to a buffer overflow. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A buffer overflow vulnerability in TA for Linux and TA for MacOS prior to 5.8.1 allows a local user to gain elevated permissions, or cause a Denial of Service (DoS), through exploiting a memory corruption issue in the TA service, which runs as root. This may also result in the disabling of event reporting to ePO, caused by failure to validate input from the file correctly.

The weakness was published 01/09/2024. The advisory is shared at kcm.trellix.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-0213 since 01/03/2024. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

Upgrading to version 5.8.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2024-16012). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.9
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.8

VulDB Base Score: 7.8
VulDB Temp Score: 7.5
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CNA Base Score: 8.2
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Buffer overflow
CWE: CWE-120 / CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Partially

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Agent 5.8.1

Timelineinfo

01/03/2024 🔍
01/09/2024 +6 days 🔍
01/09/2024 +0 days 🔍
06/17/2025 +525 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: kcm.trellix.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-0213 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-0213
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-250105
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Entryinfo

Created: 01/09/2024 14:49
Updated: 06/17/2025 18:36
Changes: 01/09/2024 14:49 (49), 01/26/2024 09:07 (11), 06/17/2025 18:36 (16)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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