CVE-2018-25117

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.

CVSS

No CVSS.

References

Link	Resource
https://forum.vestacp.com/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=17641&p=73282
https://forum.vestacp.com/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=17641&start=180#p73907
https://github.com/outroll/vesta
https://github.com/outroll/vesta/commit/a3f0fa1501d424477786e3e7150bb05c0b99518f#diff-df8da0c91e9086454c60cd468849630dR1256
https://github.com/outroll/vesta/commit/ee03eff016e03cb76fac7ae3a0f9d1ef0f8ee35b#diff-df8da0c91e9086454c60cd468849630dL1270
https://vestacp.com/
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/vestacp-debian-installer-malicious-backdoor-supply-chain-compromise
https://www.welivesecurity.com/2018/10/18/new-linux-chachaddos-malware-distributed-servers-vestacp-installed/

Configurations

No configuration.

History

15 Oct 2025, 02:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2025-10-15 02:15

Updated : 2025-10-16 15:29

NVD link : CVE-2018-25117

Mitre link : CVE-2018-25117

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2018-25117

JSON object : View

Products Affected

No product.

CWE

CWE-506

Embedded Malicious Code

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