CVE-2017-3141

Windows service and uninstall paths are not quoted when BIND is installed

HIGH
7.2
CVSS Score
Published: January 16, 2019 at 08:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:17 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorBIND

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Severity
HIGH7.2
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

9.10.0 ≤ v ≤ 9.10.59.11.0 ≤ v ≤ 9.11.19.2.6 ≤ v ≤ 9.2.99.3.2 ≤ v ≤ 9.3.69.4.0 ≤ v ≤ 9.8.89.9.0 ≤ v ≤ 9.9.109.2.6 p29.2.6-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-S19.3.2 p1

Remediation

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No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (6)

VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99089
VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038693
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
https://kb.isc.org/docs/aa-01496
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201708-01
Exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42121/

CVSS

7.2HIGHisc
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
HIGH
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-428

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