CVE-2017-3141
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.
Does this matter?
A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB and the impact is high, while EPSS rates exploitation at 1.4%. Anyone can run this; patch or mitigate before the next change window and check exposed instances for signs of use.
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.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.43% probability · 73th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · first 5 June 2017
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-428
- Affected
- isc/bind
- Source
- security-officer@isc.org
EPSS 1.4% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99089Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038693Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://kb.isc.org/docs/aa-01496Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201708-01Third Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180926-0001/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42121/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99089Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038693Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://kb.isc.org/docs/aa-01496Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201708-01Third Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180926-0001/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42121/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.