Trellix Enterprise Security Manager 11.6.12 Snowservice API path traversal

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Trellix Enterprise Security Manager 11.6.12. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Snowservice API. This manipulation causes path traversal. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-11481. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available.

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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Trellix Enterprise Security Manager 11.6.12. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Snowservice API. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A vulnerability in ESM 11.6.10 allows unauthenticated access to the internal Snowservice API. This leads to improper handling of path traversal, insecure forwarding to an AJP backend without adequate validation, and lack of authentication for accessing internal API endpoints.

It is possible to read the advisory at thrive.trellix.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-11481 since 11/20/2024. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 10/28/2025). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1006 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

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

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• Trellix

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• Enterprise Security Manager

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• 11.6.12

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• commercial

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