CVE-2017-8390

Summary

CVE	CVE-2017-8390
State	PUBLISHED
Assigner	mitre
Source Priority	CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published	2017-08-02 19:29:00 UTC
Updated	2025-04-20 01:37:25 UTC
Description	The DNS Proxy in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS before 6.1.18, 7.x before 7.0.16, 7.1.x before 7.1.11, and 8.x before 8.0.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted domain name.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 9.8 CRITICAL from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-20 | n/a

Version	Source	Type	Score	Severity	Vector
3.0	[email protected]	Primary	9.8	CRITICAL	`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`
2.0	[email protected]	Primary	10		`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C`

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

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

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector

Network

Access Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

Type	Vendor	Product	Version	Update	Edition	Language
Operating System	Paloaltonetworks	Pan-os	7.0.1	All	All	All
Operating System	Paloaltonetworks	Pan-os	7.0.10	All	All	All
Operating System	Paloaltonetworks	Pan-os	7.0.11	All	All	All
Operating System	Paloaltonetworks	Pan-os	7.0.12	All	All	All
Operating System	Paloaltonetworks	Pan-os	7.0.13	All	All	All
Operating System	Paloaltonetworks	Pan-os	7.0.14	All	All	All
Operating System	Paloaltonetworks	Pan-os	7.0.15	All	All	All
Operating System	Paloaltonetworks	Pan-os	7.0.2	All	All	All
Operating System	Paloaltonetworks	Pan-os	7.0.3	All	All	All
Operating System	Paloaltonetworks	Pan-os	7.0.4	All	All	All
Operating System	Paloaltonetworks	Pan-os	7.0.5	All	All	All
Operating System	Paloaltonetworks	Pan-os	7.0.6	All	All	All
Operating System	Paloaltonetworks	Pan-os	7.0.7	All	All	All
Operating System	Paloaltonetworks	Pan-os	7.0.8	All	All	All
Operating System	Paloaltonetworks	Pan-os	7.0.9	All	All	All
Operating System	Paloaltonetworks	Pan-os	7.1.0	All	All	All
Operating System	Paloaltonetworks	Pan-os	7.1.1	All	All	All
Operating System	Paloaltonetworks	Pan-os	7.1.10	All	All	All
Operating System	Paloaltonetworks	Pan-os	7.1.2	All	All	All
Operating System	Paloaltonetworks	Pan-os	7.1.3	All	All	All
Operating System	Paloaltonetworks	Pan-os	7.1.4	All	All	All
Operating System	Paloaltonetworks	Pan-os	7.1.4-h2	All	All	All
Operating System	Paloaltonetworks	Pan-os	7.1.6	All	All	All
Operating System	Paloaltonetworks	Pan-os	7.1.7	All	All	All
Operating System	Paloaltonetworks	Pan-os	7.1.8	All	All	All
Operating System	Paloaltonetworks	Pan-os	7.1.9	All	All	All
Operating System	Paloaltonetworks	Pan-os	7.1.9-h2	All	All	All
Operating System	Paloaltonetworks	Pan-os	8.0.0	All	All	All
Operating System	Paloaltonetworks	Pan-os	8.0.1	All	All	All
Operating System	Paloaltonetworks	Pan-os	8.0.2	All	All	All
Operating System	Paloaltonetworks	Pan-os	All	All	All	All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

Source	Vendor	Product	Version	Platforms
CNA	Na	N/a	affected n/a	Not specified

References

Reference	Source	Link	Tags
Palo Alto DNS Proxy CVE-2017-8390 Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	www.securityfocus.com	Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Palo Alto PAN-OS Unspecified Bug in DNS Proxy Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code on the Target System - SecurityTracker	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	www.securitytracker.com	Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE-2017-8390 Vulnerability in the PAN-OS DNS Proxy	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	security.paloaltonetworks.com
CVE Program record	CVE.ORG	www.cve.org	canonical
NVD vulnerability detail	NVD	nvd.nist.gov	canonical, analysis

No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.

There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.