{"id":"CVE-2017-3141","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-3141","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T20:57:57.748Z","title":"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.","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.","published":"2019-01-16T20:29:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:17:36.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"security-officer@isc.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-428"],"affected":["isc/bind"],"epss":{"score":0.01425,"percentile":0.72772,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":false,"firstPublished":"2017-06-05","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":42121,"kind":"exploit","title":"BIND 9.10.5 - Unquoted Service Path Privilege Escalation","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42121","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/windows/local/42121.txt","file":"exploits/windows/local/42121.txt","published":"2017-06-05","added":"2017-06-05","updated":"2017-06-05","author":"hyp3rlinx","type":"local","platform":"windows","port":null,"verified":false,"codes":["CVE-2017-3141"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":null}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"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."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99089","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"security-officer@isc.org"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038693","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"security-officer@isc.org"},{"url":"https://kb.isc.org/docs/aa-01496","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security-officer@isc.org"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201708-01","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security-officer@isc.org"},{"url":"https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180926-0001/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security-officer@isc.org"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42121/","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"security-officer@isc.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99089","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038693","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://kb.isc.org/docs/aa-01496","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201708-01","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180926-0001/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42121/","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-3141","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}