CVE-2017-3141
Windows service and uninstall paths are not quoted when BIND is installed
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- isc
Description
The BIND installer on Windows uses an unquoted service path which can enable a local user to achieve privilege escalation if the host file system permissions allow this. Affects BIND 9.2.6-P2->9.2.9, 9.3.2-P1->9.3.6, 9.4.0->9.8.8, 9.9.0->9.9.10, 9.10.0->9.10.5, 9.11.0->9.11.1, 9.9.3-S1->9.9.10-S1, 9.10.5-S1.
Public exploit
A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit or proof of concept: anyone can try it against an unpatched system.
- 42121 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
Timeline
ID reserved
By isc
- 2 years later
· 2 years later
Published
- 6 years later
· 6 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| iscCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | High7.2 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.4% · top 27% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.2.
Weakness
- This vulnerability exists in the installer delivered with BIND for Windows and not within BIND itself. Non-Windows builds and installations are unaffected. A manual installation of BIND where the service path is quoted when added would not be at risk.
- CWE-428 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-428 and its CVEs
Affected products
What to do
Solution: Upgrade to the patched release most closely related to your current version of BIND. These can all be downloaded from http://www.isc.org/downloads. BIND 9 version 9.9.10-P1 BIND 9 version 9.10.5-P1 BIND 9 version 9.11.1-P1 BIND Supported Preview Edition is a special feature preview branch of BIND provided to eligible ISC support customers. BIND 9 version 9.9.10-S2 BIND 9 version 9.10.5-S2
Workaround: BIND installations on Windows are not at risk if the host file permissions prevent creation of a binary in a location where the service executor would run it instead of named.exe.
Exploitation: No known active exploits but this generic weakness is already a well-known attack vector if user file access permissions do not adequately prevent the installation of malicious executables.
References (6)
- GLSA-201708-01 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- https://kb.isc.org/docs/aa-01496 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1038693 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 42121 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180926-0001/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 99089 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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