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Database Entry


Prometei


Vendor detections: 8


Intelligence 8 IOCs YARA 4 File information Comments
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SHA256 hash: 12a78c12cac92046d5f28bc21c838e177d61ec3249f3c6645eadd54a4c2b9c09
SHA3-384 hash: 9f32638c736139aff29e771112c994260179458354ea0ad703864e1810914f14801cc20fbb11db8f6906d938fa54b5b0
SHA1 hash: 312e44806e0070ed8004f861ce73c4443a678c52
MD5 hash: 95f3d12ca034d1c7244852a559d0525e
humanhash: foxtrot-item-ten-north
File name:na
Download: download sample
Signature Prometei
Create hunting rule
File size:435'932 bytes
First seen:2025-04-13 00:16:59 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 6144:63fxS1fHETSACF2Gzm5DVvSHrKKRH4SCra+HWMiFbcAOXmb4Dsi6wwcitgP:25WOSACZSV6eKRH5EPiamb4DsDwwc/
TLSH T19F9423F8C83D2E3098169B3CBB1A826CF0A15772D9562F6AB51AF5732179F1FAC60101
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 :
158
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
93.3%
Link:
https://cyber-fortress.com/docs/result/index.php?id=67fb0fb81dba888a93d22bbblinux22vpnfull_triage
Tags:
malware
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Creating a file
Manages services
Collects information on the CPU
Collects information on the OS
Changes access rights for a written file
Kills processes
Launching a process
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
Link:
https://www.filescan.io/uploads/67fb0289b070fb3f9462fa26/reports/57ffddb4-6017-4902-a1a6-4fd0756812be/overview
Verdict:
Suspicious
Link:
https://analyze.intezer.com/analyses/e161174f-4775-47fa-be52-5615d4a20e5e
Result
Threat name:
Prometei
Create hunting rule
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Link:
https://www.joesandbox.com/analysis/1663952
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:
Download SVG
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1663952 Sample: na.elf Startdate: 13/04/2025 Architecture: LINUX Score: 100 77 152.36.128.18, 58308, 58312, 80 NCRENUS United States 2->77 79 109.202.202.202, 80 INIT7CH Switzerland 2->79 81 3 other IPs or domains 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 snapd-env-generator 2->17         started        19 4 other processes 2->19 signatures3 process4 file5 21 uplugplay 11->21         started        73 /usr/sbin/uplugplay, ELF 13->73 dropped 93 Found Tor onion address 13->93 95 Drops files in suspicious directories 13->95 97 Sample deletes itself 13->97 23 na.elf sh 13->23         started        25 na.elf sh 13->25         started        27 na.elf sh 13->27         started        29 5 other processes 13->29 signatures6 process7 process8 31 uplugplay sh 21->31         started        33 sh pgrep 23->33         started        35 sh pidof 25->35         started        37 sh pgrep 27->37         started        39 sh pgrep 29->39         started        41 sh pidof 29->41         started        43 sh systemctl 29->43         started        45 2 other processes 29->45 process9 47 sh uplugplay 31->47         started        file10 75 /etc/CommId, ASCII 47->75 dropped 50 uplugplay sh 47->50         started        52 uplugplay sh 47->52         started        54 uplugplay sh 47->54         started        56 5 other processes 47->56 process11 process12 58 sh dmidecode 50->58         started        61 sh dmidecode 52->61         started        63 sh hostnamectl 54->63         started        65 sh hostnamectl 56->65         started        67 sh uptime 56->67         started        69 sh uname 56->69         started        71 2 other processes 56->71 signatures13 91 Executes the "dmidecode" command for reading DMI BIOS info like hardware or serial numbers (indicative of machine fingerprinting or VM-detection) 58->91
Score:
100%
Verdict:
Malware
File Type:
ELF
Link:
https://malprob.io/report/12a78c12cac92046d5f28bc21c838e177d61ec3249f3c6645eadd54a4c2b9c09
Detection:
n/a
Link:
https://mwdb.cert.pl/sample/12a78c12cac92046d5f28bc21c838e177d61ec3249f3c6645eadd54a4c2b9c09/
Threat name:
Linux.Trojan.Generic
Create hunting rule
Status:
Suspicious
First seen:
2025-04-13 00:17:16 UTC
File Type:
ELF64 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
17 of 24 (70.83%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Detection(s):
Suspicious file
Link:
https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=cktyyewkzeqenvpsrpbbza4oc56wd3bsjhz4mzc6vxkuutbltqeq._file
Result
Malware family:
prometei_elf
Create hunting rule
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:prometei_elf botnet discovery linux miner persistence privilege_escalation upx
Link:
https://tria.ge/reports/250413-ak4lwavsav/
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
Link:
https://app.threat.zone/submission/8a06aa37-3d8f-428c-82b8-3048616a2c87
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.
Threat name:
Legit
Score:
0.12
Link:
https://yomi.yoroi.company/submissions/12a78c12cac92046d5f28bc21c838e177d61ec3249f3c6645eadd54a4c2b9c09

YARA Signatures

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Rule name:linux_generic_ipv6_catcher
Create hunting rule
Author:@_lubiedo
Description:ELF samples using IPv6 addresses
Rule name:SUSP_ELF_LNX_UPX_Compressed_File
Create hunting rule
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
Create hunting rule
Author:XiAnzheng
Description:Check for Overlay, Obfuscating, Encrypting, Spoofing, Hiding, or Entropy Technique(can create FP)
Rule name:upx_packed_elf_v1
Create hunting rule
Author:RandomMalware

File information

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Web download

Prometei

elf 12a78c12cac92046d5f28bc21c838e177d61ec3249f3c6645eadd54a4c2b9c09

(this sample)

  
URLhaus
https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/url/3401171/
  
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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