CVE-2018-25117

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.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
VestaControl Panel (CP)a3f0fa1501d424477786e3e7150bb05c0b99518f < ee03eff016e03cb76fac7ae3a0f9d1ef0f8ee35baffected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-506: CWE-506 Embedded Malicious Code

ADP Enrichment

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

  • SSVC:
  • Exploitation: poc
    • Automatable: no
    • Technical Impact: total

References