Surviving a Zero-Day React2Shell Attack: How We Recovered Root & 100% CPU Under Peak Live Traffic
Out-of-band VNC rescue, terminating masked cryptominers, scrubbing persistent cronhooks, and containerizing production services with zero database loss.
A forensic engineering breakdown of how an unpatched zero-day vulnerability in an upstream web framework allowed an unauthorized actor to deploy a persistent cryptominer, driving CPU and RAM to 100% on our co-located production host. Here is how we regained root control via out-of-band VNC, eradicated malware persistence, and restored full uptime with zero data loss in under 45 minutes.