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Database Entry



CoinMiner


Vendor detections: 9


Intelligence 9 IOCs YARA 14 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 08eb12a5c578a09166e88c9cb27e9d0c11d28c8086b6f552144dbd12b4223924
SHA3-384 hash: 755ae3f35bc3e83cb18466e1ca25137a37e8d1d5923c86867e8d969576582d8b0970ce57add591c792750fa5e2f59f09
SHA1 hash: bdc481ab437e0c4d8a438d4759c15b4fdae2e65a
MD5 hash: fcc6a017ce89272d952f0205c5376d7d
humanhash: table-seventeen-hamper-louisiana
File name:x86_64
Download: download sample
Signature CoinMiner
File size:5'073'160 bytes
First seen:2025-10-29 14:59:42 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 98304:FB0X2DL+N3YofSWkvCb1qelssJWLIJTLwvdxJCuKYKTx/DsQDr96+t7:FyGs1bUOpTq4xwF
TLSH T17F366C4BF1A364FCC1ABC474875B9963B931785901257EBB66C0DA302A33F609B1DF62
telfhash t15b3252749bec34f1a1d6c946e7a6f1b0d9331cb622e475b05532bd42dfade85082ac0b
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:CoinMiner elf upx-dec


Avatar
abuse_ch
UPX decompressed file, sourced from SHA256 d6e0eb28cfe1b224f061eff0581091dac985516c78d222f4921587d2ec612010
File size (compressed) :1'891'876 bytes
File size (de-compressed) :5'073'160 bytes
Format:linux/amd64
Packed file: d6e0eb28cfe1b224f061eff0581091dac985516c78d222f4921587d2ec612010

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
34
Origin country :
NL NL
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Changes access rights for a written file
Collects information on the RAM
Kills processes
Launching a process
Collects information on the CPU
Creating a file
Runs as daemon
Changes the time when the file was created, accessed, or modified
Creates or modifies files in /cron to set up autorun
Substitutes an application name
Verdict:
Likely Malicious
Threat level:
  7.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
coinminer gcc lolbin miner remote threat
Verdict:
Adware
File Type:
elf.64.le
First seen:
2025-08-14T06:35:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2025-10-31T04:35:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Result
Threat name:
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.spyw.mine
Score:
96 / 100
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Executes the "crontab" command typically for achieving persistence
Executes the "iptables" command to insert, remove and/or manipulate rules
Found strings related to Crypto-Mining
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Opens /sys/class/net/* files useful for querying network interface information
Sample tries to persist itself using cron
Tries to load the MSR kernel module used for reading/writing to CPUs model specific register
Yara detected Xmrig cryptocurrency miner
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 signatures2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1804914 Sample: x86_64.elf Startdate: 30/10/2025 Architecture: LINUX Score: 96 44 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->44 46 Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample 2->46 48 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->48 50 Yara detected Xmrig cryptocurrency miner 2->50 8 x86_64.elf 2->8         started        process3 signatures4 60 Found strings related to Crypto-Mining 8->60 11 x86_64.elf 8->11         started        process5 signatures6 62 Opens /sys/class/net/* files useful for querying network interface information 11->62 14 x86_64.elf sh 11->14         started        16 x86_64.elf sh 11->16         started        18 x86_64.elf sh 11->18         started        20 2 other processes 11->20 process7 process8 22 sh crontab 14->22         started        26 sh crontab 14->26         started        28 sh 14->28         started        30 sh iptables 16->30         started        32 sh iptables 16->32         started        38 2 other processes 16->38 34 sh iptables 18->34         started        36 sh iptables 18->36         started        40 2 other processes 20->40 file9 42 /var/spool/cron/crontabs/tmp.DN1Mx4, ASCII 22->42 dropped 52 Sample tries to persist itself using cron 22->52 54 Executes the "crontab" command typically for achieving persistence 22->54 56 Executes the "iptables" command to insert, remove and/or manipulate rules 34->56 58 Tries to load the MSR kernel module used for reading/writing to CPUs model specific register 40->58 signatures10
Threat name:
Linux.Trojan.Miner
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-08-14 11:12:15 UTC
File Type:
ELF64 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
20 of 36 (55.56%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:xmrig antivm defense_evasion discovery execution linux miner persistence privilege_escalation
Behaviour
Enumerates kernel/hardware configuration
Reads runtime system information
Changes its process name
Checks CPU configuration
Reads CPU attributes
Checks hardware identifiers (DMI)
Creates/modifies Cron job
Enumerates running processes
Reads hardware information
Reads network interface configuration
Creates Raw socket
Flushes firewall rules
Contacts a large (1064856) amount of remote hosts
Creates a large amount of network flows
Verdict:
Unknown
Tags:
cryptojacking xmrig
YARA:
MAL_ELF_XMRig_Jul_09
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

YARA Signatures


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Rule name:BLOWFISH_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for Blowfish constants
Rule name:CP_Script_Inject_Detector
Author:DiegoAnalytics
Description:Detects attempts to inject code into another process across PE, ELF, Mach-O binaries
Rule name:DetectEncryptedVariants
Author:Zinyth
Description:Detects 'encrypted' in ASCII, Unicode, base64, or hex-encoded
Rule name:enterpriseapps2
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Enterprise apps
Rule name:enterpriseunix2
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Enterprise UNIX
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Pornoasset_927f314f
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:MD5_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for MD5 constants
Rule name:RANSOMWARE
Author:ToroGuitar
Rule name:RIPEMD160_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for RIPEMD-160 constants
Rule name:setsockopt
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for setsockopt() red flags
Rule name:SHA1_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for SHA1 constants
Rule name:SHA512_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for SHA384/SHA512 constants
Rule name:unixredflags3
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for UNIX red flags
Rule name:upxHook
Author:@r3dbU7z
Description:Detect artifacts from 'upxHook' - modification of UPX packer
Reference:https://bazaar.abuse.ch/sample/6352be8aa5d8063673aa428c3807228c40505004320232a23d99ebd9ef48478a/

File information


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

Web download

CoinMiner

elf 08eb12a5c578a09166e88c9cb27e9d0c11d28c8086b6f552144dbd12b4223924

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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