CVE-2017-3141 — The BIND installer on Windows uses an unquoted service path which can enable a l

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, 9.1

01What is this vulnerability?

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.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
ISC	BIND 9	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

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2019-01-16T20:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-09-16T17:23:44.753Z

09References

• security.gentoo.org — https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201708-01
• kb.isc.org — https://kb.isc.org/docs/aa-01496
• www.securitytracker.com — http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038693
• www.exploit-db.com — https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42121/
• security.netapp.com — https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180926-0001/
• www.securityfocus.com — http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99089