CVE-2017-3141

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

State: Published
Severity: 7.2 High
Published: Jan 16, 2019
Updated: Sep 16, 2024
Reserved: Dec 2, 2016

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.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.0	7.2 High	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H	isc

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

Product	Versions
BIND 9ISC	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-S1Affected

References

GLSA-201708-01vendor-advisory
https://kb.isc.org/docs/aa-01496
1038693vdb-entry
42121exploit
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180926-0001/
99089vdb-entry

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