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Database Entry



Prometei


Vendor detections: 10


Intelligence 10 IOCs YARA 4 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 04ed4d6d5b25756dd5cdcfebfef9d53fe4abfa070d06fe302cbbc7e20002582d
SHA3-384 hash: 9a76fc4f09706f844ce9a8988e108f93a38f07e5ac4ec273b28ea9ada218a2241b1ce2d105487729f5c92320b1b84bc4
SHA1 hash: 1b1028fc8112b56c4d21316c58b4e381a7af3610
MD5 hash: a2fe58fb1d7fe03f964e379e310878e8
humanhash: pip-speaker-lemon-sierra
File name:na
Download: download sample
Signature Prometei
File size:435'932 bytes
First seen:2025-04-02 06:32:40 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 6144:63fxS1fHETSACF2Gzm5DVvSHrKKRH4SCra+HWMiFbcAOXmb4Dsi6wwcitgI:25WOSACZSV6eKRH5EPiamb4DsDwwc4
TLSH T1E59423F8C87D2E3098169B3CBB1A826CF0A15772D9562F6EB51AF5732179F1FAC60101
TrID 50.1% (.) ELF Executable and Linkable format (Linux) (4022/12)
49.8% (.O) ELF Executable and Linkable format (generic) (4000/1)
Magika elf
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:elf Prometei

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
64
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Changes access rights for a written file
Launching a process
Kills processes
Manages services
Creating a file
Collects information on the OS
Collects information on the CPU
Writes files to system directory
Writes files to system subdirectory
Deleting of the original file
Verdict:
Unknown
Threat level:
  2.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
packed packed upx
Verdict:
Malicious
Uses P2P?:
false
Uses anti-vm?:
true
Architecture:
x86
Packer:
custom
Botnet:
unknown
Number of open files:
138
Number of processes launched:
85
Processes remaning?
true
Remote TCP ports scanned:
not identified
Behaviour
Anti-VM
Persistence
Process Renaming
Botnet C2s
TCP botnet C2(s):
not identified
UDP botnet C2(s):
not identified
Result
Threat name:
Prometei
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Antivirus detection for dropped file
Drops files in suspicious directories
Executes the "dmidecode" command for reading DMI BIOS info like hardware or serial numbers (indicative of machine fingerprinting or VM-detection)
Found Tor onion address
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Sample deletes itself
Sample is packed with UPX
Yara detected Prometei
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1654274 Sample: na.elf Startdate: 02/04/2025 Architecture: LINUX Score: 100 81 152.36.128.18, 34324, 34326, 80 NCRENUS United States 2->81 83 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->83 85 Antivirus detection for dropped file 2->85 87 Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample 2->87 89 3 other signatures 2->89 11 systemd uplugplay 2->11         started        13 na.elf 2->13         started        17 systemd snap-failure 2->17         started        19 3 other processes 2->19 signatures3 process4 file5 21 uplugplay 11->21         started        79 /usr/sbin/uplugplay, ELF 13->79 dropped 91 Found Tor onion address 13->91 93 Drops files in suspicious directories 13->93 95 Sample deletes itself 13->95 23 na.elf sh 13->23         started        25 na.elf sh 13->25         started        27 na.elf sh 13->27         started        33 5 other processes 13->33 29 snap-failure systemctl 17->29         started        31 snap-failure 17->31         started        signatures6 process7 process8 35 uplugplay sh 21->35         started        37 sh pgrep 23->37         started        39 sh pidof 25->39         started        41 sh pgrep 27->41         started        43 sh pidof 33->43         started        45 sh pgrep 33->45         started        47 sh systemctl 33->47         started        49 2 other processes 33->49 process9 51 sh uplugplay 35->51         started        file10 77 /etc/CommId, ASCII 51->77 dropped 54 uplugplay sh 51->54         started        56 uplugplay sh 51->56         started        58 uplugplay sh 51->58         started        60 6 other processes 51->60 process11 process12 62 sh dmidecode 54->62         started        65 sh dmidecode 56->65         started        67 sh dmidecode 58->67         started        69 sh hostnamectl 60->69         started        71 sh hostnamectl 60->71         started        73 sh uptime 60->73         started        75 3 other processes 60->75 signatures13 97 Executes the "dmidecode" command for reading DMI BIOS info like hardware or serial numbers (indicative of machine fingerprinting or VM-detection) 62->97
Threat name:
Linux.Trojan.Generic
Status:
Suspicious
First seen:
2025-04-02 06:33:24 UTC
File Type:
ELF64 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
18 of 24 (75.00%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
prometei_elf
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:prometei_elf botnet discovery linux miner persistence privilege_escalation upx
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
Reads CPU attributes
UPX packed file
Enumerates running processes
Modifies systemd
Write file to user bin folder
Deletes itself
Modifies hosts file
Prometei
Prometei_elf family
Verdict:
Informative
Tags:
n/a
YARA:
n/a
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YARA Signatures


MalwareBazaar uses YARA rules from several public and non-public repositories, such as YARAhub and Malpedia. Those are being matched against malware samples uploaded to MalwareBazaar as well as against any suspicious process dumps they may create. Please note that only results from TLP:CLEAR rules are being displayed.

Rule name:linux_generic_ipv6_catcher
Author:@_lubiedo
Description:ELF samples using IPv6 addresses
Rule name:SUSP_ELF_LNX_UPX_Compressed_File
Author:Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Description:Detects a suspicious ELF binary with UPX compression
Reference:Internal Research
Rule name:Sus_Obf_Enc_Spoof_Hide_PE
Author:XiAnzheng
Description:Check for Overlay, Obfuscating, Encrypting, Spoofing, Hiding, or Entropy Technique(can create FP)
Rule name:upx_packed_elf_v1
Author:RandomMalware

File information


The table below shows additional information about this malware sample such as delivery method and external references.

Web download

Prometei

elf 04ed4d6d5b25756dd5cdcfebfef9d53fe4abfa070d06fe302cbbc7e20002582d

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

BLint


The following table provides more information about this file using BLint. BLint is a Binary Linter to check the security properties, and capabilities in executables.

Findings
IDTitleSeverity
CHECK_PIEMissing Position-Independent Executable (PIE) Protectionhigh

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