fkie_cve-2018-25117
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2025-10-15 02:15
Modified
2025-10-16 15:29
Severity ?
9.3 (Critical) - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:N
Summary
VestaCP commit a3f0fa1 (2018-05-31) up to commit ee03eff (2018-06-13) contain embedded malicious code that resulted in a supply-chain compromise. New installations created from the compromised installer since at least May 2018 were subject to installation of Linux/ChachaDDoS, a multi-stage DDoS bot that uses Lua for second- and third-stage components. The compromise leaked administrative credentials (base64-encoded admin password and server domain) to an external URL during installation and/or resulted in the installer dropping and executing a DDoS malware payload under local system privileges. Compromised servers were subsequently observed participating in large-scale DDoS activity. Vesta acknowledged exploitation in the wild in October 2018.
References
disclosure@vulncheck.comhttps://forum.vestacp.com/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=17641&p=73282
disclosure@vulncheck.comhttps://forum.vestacp.com/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=17641&start=180#p73907
disclosure@vulncheck.comhttps://github.com/outroll/vesta
disclosure@vulncheck.comhttps://github.com/outroll/vesta/commit/a3f0fa1501d424477786e3e7150bb05c0b99518f#diff-df8da0c91e9086454c60cd468849630dR1256
disclosure@vulncheck.comhttps://github.com/outroll/vesta/commit/ee03eff016e03cb76fac7ae3a0f9d1ef0f8ee35b#diff-df8da0c91e9086454c60cd468849630dL1270
disclosure@vulncheck.comhttps://vestacp.com/
disclosure@vulncheck.comhttps://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/vestacp-debian-installer-malicious-backdoor-supply-chain-compromise
disclosure@vulncheck.comhttps://www.welivesecurity.com/2018/10/18/new-linux-chachaddos-malware-distributed-servers-vestacp-installed/
Impacted products
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      "value": "VestaCP commit a3f0fa1 (2018-05-31) up to commit ee03eff (2018-06-13) contain embedded malicious code that resulted in a supply-chain compromise. New installations created from the compromised installer since at least May 2018 were subject to installation of Linux/ChachaDDoS, a multi-stage DDoS bot that uses Lua for second- and third-stage components. The compromise leaked administrative credentials (base64-encoded admin password and server domain) to an external URL during installation and/or resulted in the installer dropping and executing a DDoS malware payload under local system privileges. Compromised servers were subsequently observed participating in large-scale DDoS activity. Vesta acknowledged exploitation in the wild in October 2018."
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  "id": "CVE-2018-25117",
  "lastModified": "2025-10-16T15:29:11.563",
  "metrics": {
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          "modifiedAttackVector": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "modifiedPrivilegesRequired": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "modifiedSubAvailabilityImpact": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "modifiedSubConfidentialityImpact": "NOT_DEFINED",
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    },
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      "source": "disclosure@vulncheck.com",
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