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CVE-2017-3141

36
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-3141 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in the BIND installer for Windows, affecting numerous versions of BIND 9. The flaw stems from the use of an unquoted service path, which a local user can exploit if file system permissions permit. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) allows for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability on the affected system. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, and it has garnered community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness of its potential.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 9.2.6, <= 9.2.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 9.3.2, <= 9.3.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 9.4.0, <= 9.8.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 9.9.0, <= 9.9.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 9.10.0, <= 9.10.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.2HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
0.6
Impact Score
6.0
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.43%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
70.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-42121 · Jun 5, 2017
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0143 is in the 95th percentile among its peer group of 16,994 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-3141Important

bind: BIND installer on Windows uses an unquoted service path which allows privilege escalation

Jun 14, 2017

References

kb.isc.org / docs/aa-01496
Vendor Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201708-01
Third Party Advisory
security.netapp.com / advisory/ntap-20180926-0001
Third Party Advisory
exploit-db.com / exploits/42121
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securityfocus.com / bid/99089
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1038693
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry