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Database Entry



Prometei


Vendor detections: 8


Intelligence 8 IOCs YARA 4 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 138a6cfcc76dfa69185209f26304188f852277997bee724ffd79488ba8e7b74e
SHA3-384 hash: e80afad17d2dacd7ba2ebbf7247f568002cadd011d1b2e1244445a990d3a5d16214400a170091b6e7b2954d866e80dc5
SHA1 hash: 9d45ff4b9501added49e1635adeb0a3eaa5c3f5f
MD5 hash: 68134c475dc0ba102429c485c51b0e3f
humanhash: december-failed-triple-washington
File name:138a6cfcc76dfa69185209f26304188f852277997bee724ffd79488ba8e7b74e
Download: download sample
Signature Prometei
File size:449'090 bytes
First seen:2026-09-11 09:32:19 UTC
Last seen:2026-09-11 12:04:53 UTC
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 12288:Fs+/py5fM2l+M5F7TsJwtY1yvr+bT1psS+6T6NCj76tsdI:Fs6pyCC/Ya2hpi6T6N4a
TLSH T19CA423B4F9219E9F6DD769B91B24831DE182C172589D4C2313AE94A34F3D732BF2C816
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 c2hunter
Tags:elf Prometei wraith

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
2
# of downloads :
40
Origin country :
US US
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Verdict:
Unknown
Threat level:
  0/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
packed upx
Verdict:
Malicious
Uses P2P?:
false
Uses anti-vm?:
false
Architecture:
x86
Packer:
custom
Botnet:
unknown
Number of open files:
124
Number of processes launched:
30
Processes remaning?
false
Remote TCP ports scanned:
not identified
Behaviour
Persistence
Botnet C2s
TCP botnet C2(s):
not identified
UDP botnet C2(s):
not identified
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.64.le
First seen:
2026-09-11T08:59:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-09-11T09:16:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=8b033109-1700-0000-fc68-0b67c10d0000 pid=3521 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=aeb4f20b-1700-0000-fc68-0b67c80d0000 pid=3528 /tmp/sample.bin delete-file mprotect-exec write-file guuid=8b033109-1700-0000-fc68-0b67c10d0000 pid=3521->guuid=aeb4f20b-1700-0000-fc68-0b67c80d0000 pid=3528 execve guuid=aeb4f20b-1700-0000-fc68-0b67c80d0000 pid=3576 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=aeb4f20b-1700-0000-fc68-0b67c80d0000 pid=3528->guuid=aeb4f20b-1700-0000-fc68-0b67c80d0000 pid=3576 clone guuid=aeb4f20b-1700-0000-fc68-0b67c80d0000 pid=3577 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=aeb4f20b-1700-0000-fc68-0b67c80d0000 pid=3528->guuid=aeb4f20b-1700-0000-fc68-0b67c80d0000 pid=3577 clone guuid=aeb4f20b-1700-0000-fc68-0b67c80d0000 pid=3600 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=aeb4f20b-1700-0000-fc68-0b67c80d0000 pid=3528->guuid=aeb4f20b-1700-0000-fc68-0b67c80d0000 pid=3600 clone guuid=aeb4f20b-1700-0000-fc68-0b67c80d0000 pid=3601 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=aeb4f20b-1700-0000-fc68-0b67c80d0000 pid=3528->guuid=aeb4f20b-1700-0000-fc68-0b67c80d0000 pid=3601 clone guuid=aeb4f20b-1700-0000-fc68-0b67c80d0000 pid=3849 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=aeb4f20b-1700-0000-fc68-0b67c80d0000 pid=3528->guuid=aeb4f20b-1700-0000-fc68-0b67c80d0000 pid=3849 clone guuid=aeb4f20b-1700-0000-fc68-0b67c80d0000 pid=3850 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=aeb4f20b-1700-0000-fc68-0b67c80d0000 pid=3528->guuid=aeb4f20b-1700-0000-fc68-0b67c80d0000 pid=3850 clone guuid=aeb4f20b-1700-0000-fc68-0b67c80d0000 pid=4102 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=aeb4f20b-1700-0000-fc68-0b67c80d0000 pid=3528->guuid=aeb4f20b-1700-0000-fc68-0b67c80d0000 pid=4102 clone guuid=aeb4f20b-1700-0000-fc68-0b67c80d0000 pid=4103 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=aeb4f20b-1700-0000-fc68-0b67c80d0000 pid=3528->guuid=aeb4f20b-1700-0000-fc68-0b67c80d0000 pid=4103 clone guuid=aeb4f20b-1700-0000-fc68-0b67c80d0000 pid=4357 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=aeb4f20b-1700-0000-fc68-0b67c80d0000 pid=3528->guuid=aeb4f20b-1700-0000-fc68-0b67c80d0000 pid=4357 clone guuid=aeb4f20b-1700-0000-fc68-0b67c80d0000 pid=4358 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=aeb4f20b-1700-0000-fc68-0b67c80d0000 pid=3528->guuid=aeb4f20b-1700-0000-fc68-0b67c80d0000 pid=4358 clone guuid=eb20cb24-1800-0000-fc68-0b67c3110000 pid=4547 /usr/bin/dash guuid=aeb4f20b-1700-0000-fc68-0b67c80d0000 pid=3528->guuid=eb20cb24-1800-0000-fc68-0b67c3110000 pid=4547 execve guuid=ff80bd55-1800-0000-fc68-0b6784120000 pid=4740 /usr/bin/dash guuid=aeb4f20b-1700-0000-fc68-0b67c80d0000 pid=3528->guuid=ff80bd55-1800-0000-fc68-0b6784120000 pid=4740 execve guuid=1db04881-1800-0000-fc68-0b673b130000 pid=4923 /usr/bin/dash guuid=aeb4f20b-1700-0000-fc68-0b67c80d0000 pid=3528->guuid=1db04881-1800-0000-fc68-0b673b130000 pid=4923 execve guuid=8a498a22-1700-0000-fc68-0b67fa0d0000 pid=3578 /usr/bin/dash guuid=aeb4f20b-1700-0000-fc68-0b67c80d0000 pid=3577->guuid=8a498a22-1700-0000-fc68-0b67fa0d0000 pid=3578 execve guuid=8935bc22-1700-0000-fc68-0b67fb0d0000 pid=3579 /usr/bin/pgrep guuid=8a498a22-1700-0000-fc68-0b67fa0d0000 pid=3578->guuid=8935bc22-1700-0000-fc68-0b67fb0d0000 pid=3579 execve guuid=793c3726-1700-0000-fc68-0b67120e0000 pid=3602 /usr/bin/dash guuid=aeb4f20b-1700-0000-fc68-0b67c80d0000 pid=3601->guuid=793c3726-1700-0000-fc68-0b67120e0000 pid=3602 execve guuid=4aca6426-1700-0000-fc68-0b67130e0000 pid=3603 /usr/bin/pgrep guuid=793c3726-1700-0000-fc68-0b67120e0000 pid=3602->guuid=4aca6426-1700-0000-fc68-0b67130e0000 pid=3603 execve guuid=322e6764-1700-0000-fc68-0b670c0f0000 pid=3852 /usr/bin/dash guuid=aeb4f20b-1700-0000-fc68-0b67c80d0000 pid=3850->guuid=322e6764-1700-0000-fc68-0b670c0f0000 pid=3852 execve guuid=a8619e64-1700-0000-fc68-0b670e0f0000 pid=3854 /usr/sbin/killall5 guuid=322e6764-1700-0000-fc68-0b670c0f0000 pid=3852->guuid=a8619e64-1700-0000-fc68-0b670e0f0000 pid=3854 execve guuid=72feb0a8-1700-0000-fc68-0b6709100000 pid=4105 /usr/bin/dash guuid=aeb4f20b-1700-0000-fc68-0b67c80d0000 pid=4103->guuid=72feb0a8-1700-0000-fc68-0b6709100000 pid=4105 execve guuid=d9eed8a8-1700-0000-fc68-0b670b100000 pid=4107 /usr/bin/pgrep guuid=72feb0a8-1700-0000-fc68-0b6709100000 pid=4105->guuid=d9eed8a8-1700-0000-fc68-0b670b100000 pid=4107 execve guuid=9547ace6-1700-0000-fc68-0b6707110000 pid=4359 /usr/bin/dash guuid=aeb4f20b-1700-0000-fc68-0b67c80d0000 pid=4358->guuid=9547ace6-1700-0000-fc68-0b6707110000 pid=4359 execve guuid=7e14f7e6-1700-0000-fc68-0b6708110000 pid=4360 /usr/sbin/killall5 guuid=9547ace6-1700-0000-fc68-0b6707110000 pid=4359->guuid=7e14f7e6-1700-0000-fc68-0b6708110000 pid=4360 execve guuid=f8ba0a25-1800-0000-fc68-0b67c7110000 pid=4551 /usr/bin/systemctl guuid=eb20cb24-1800-0000-fc68-0b67c3110000 pid=4547->guuid=f8ba0a25-1800-0000-fc68-0b67c7110000 pid=4551 execve guuid=6f2fe555-1800-0000-fc68-0b6785120000 pid=4741 /usr/bin/systemctl guuid=ff80bd55-1800-0000-fc68-0b6784120000 pid=4740->guuid=6f2fe555-1800-0000-fc68-0b6785120000 pid=4741 execve guuid=35a06c81-1800-0000-fc68-0b673d130000 pid=4925 /usr/bin/systemctl guuid=1db04881-1800-0000-fc68-0b673b130000 pid=4923->guuid=35a06c81-1800-0000-fc68-0b673d130000 pid=4925 execve guuid=2fdaba13-0000-0000-fc68-0b6701000000 pid=1 /usr/lib/systemd/systemd guuid=1c57c783-1800-0000-fc68-0b6745130000 pid=4933 /usr/sbin/uplugplay mprotect-exec guuid=2fdaba13-0000-0000-fc68-0b6701000000 pid=1->guuid=1c57c783-1800-0000-fc68-0b6745130000 pid=4933 execve guuid=d819cd90-1800-0000-fc68-0b676f130000 pid=4975 /usr/sbin/uplugplay guuid=1c57c783-1800-0000-fc68-0b6745130000 pid=4933->guuid=d819cd90-1800-0000-fc68-0b676f130000 pid=4975 clone guuid=2bb79d91-1800-0000-fc68-0b6772130000 pid=4978 /usr/bin/dash guuid=d819cd90-1800-0000-fc68-0b676f130000 pid=4975->guuid=2bb79d91-1800-0000-fc68-0b6772130000 pid=4978 execve guuid=569bcb91-1800-0000-fc68-0b6774130000 pid=4980 /usr/sbin/uplugplay dns mprotect-exec net send-data write-config guuid=2bb79d91-1800-0000-fc68-0b6772130000 pid=4978->guuid=569bcb91-1800-0000-fc68-0b6774130000 pid=4980 execve 72feda4e-8ff4-5eee-be80-abecb8d0eda9 103.176.111.176:80 guuid=569bcb91-1800-0000-fc68-0b6774130000 pid=4980->72feda4e-8ff4-5eee-be80-abecb8d0eda9 send: 1077B 99a07b9c-a06a-5036-a75d-39daa574df85 255.255.255.255:53 guuid=569bcb91-1800-0000-fc68-0b6774130000 pid=4980->99a07b9c-a06a-5036-a75d-39daa574df85 send: 100B 8b0a01dc-0728-52c1-8024-c4ba7801b8d6 8.8.8.8:53 guuid=569bcb91-1800-0000-fc68-0b6774130000 pid=4980->8b0a01dc-0728-52c1-8024-c4ba7801b8d6 send: 36B guuid=569bcb91-1800-0000-fc68-0b6774130000 pid=5026 /usr/sbin/uplugplay guuid=569bcb91-1800-0000-fc68-0b6774130000 pid=4980->guuid=569bcb91-1800-0000-fc68-0b6774130000 pid=5026 clone guuid=569bcb91-1800-0000-fc68-0b6774130000 pid=5078 /usr/sbin/uplugplay guuid=569bcb91-1800-0000-fc68-0b6774130000 pid=4980->guuid=569bcb91-1800-0000-fc68-0b6774130000 pid=5078 clone guuid=569bcb91-1800-0000-fc68-0b6774130000 pid=5086 /usr/sbin/uplugplay guuid=569bcb91-1800-0000-fc68-0b6774130000 pid=4980->guuid=569bcb91-1800-0000-fc68-0b6774130000 pid=5086 clone guuid=569bcb91-1800-0000-fc68-0b6774130000 pid=5171 /usr/sbin/uplugplay guuid=569bcb91-1800-0000-fc68-0b6774130000 pid=4980->guuid=569bcb91-1800-0000-fc68-0b6774130000 pid=5171 clone guuid=569bcb91-1800-0000-fc68-0b6774130000 pid=5172 /usr/sbin/uplugplay guuid=569bcb91-1800-0000-fc68-0b6774130000 pid=4980->guuid=569bcb91-1800-0000-fc68-0b6774130000 pid=5172 clone guuid=569bcb91-1800-0000-fc68-0b6774130000 pid=5175 /usr/sbin/uplugplay guuid=569bcb91-1800-0000-fc68-0b6774130000 pid=4980->guuid=569bcb91-1800-0000-fc68-0b6774130000 pid=5175 clone guuid=569bcb91-1800-0000-fc68-0b6774130000 pid=5176 /usr/sbin/uplugplay guuid=569bcb91-1800-0000-fc68-0b6774130000 pid=4980->guuid=569bcb91-1800-0000-fc68-0b6774130000 pid=5176 clone guuid=569bcb91-1800-0000-fc68-0b6774130000 pid=5179 /usr/sbin/uplugplay guuid=569bcb91-1800-0000-fc68-0b6774130000 pid=4980->guuid=569bcb91-1800-0000-fc68-0b6774130000 pid=5179 clone guuid=569bcb91-1800-0000-fc68-0b6774130000 pid=5180 /usr/sbin/uplugplay guuid=569bcb91-1800-0000-fc68-0b6774130000 pid=4980->guuid=569bcb91-1800-0000-fc68-0b6774130000 pid=5180 clone guuid=569bcb91-1800-0000-fc68-0b6774130000 pid=5186 /usr/sbin/uplugplay guuid=569bcb91-1800-0000-fc68-0b6774130000 pid=4980->guuid=569bcb91-1800-0000-fc68-0b6774130000 pid=5186 clone guuid=569bcb91-1800-0000-fc68-0b6774130000 pid=5187 /usr/sbin/uplugplay guuid=569bcb91-1800-0000-fc68-0b6774130000 pid=4980->guuid=569bcb91-1800-0000-fc68-0b6774130000 pid=5187 clone guuid=569bcb91-1800-0000-fc68-0b6774130000 pid=5190 /usr/sbin/uplugplay guuid=569bcb91-1800-0000-fc68-0b6774130000 pid=4980->guuid=569bcb91-1800-0000-fc68-0b6774130000 pid=5190 clone guuid=569bcb91-1800-0000-fc68-0b6774130000 pid=5191 /usr/sbin/uplugplay guuid=569bcb91-1800-0000-fc68-0b6774130000 pid=4980->guuid=569bcb91-1800-0000-fc68-0b6774130000 pid=5191 clone guuid=307599bc-1800-0000-fc68-0b67df130000 pid=5087 /usr/bin/dash guuid=569bcb91-1800-0000-fc68-0b6774130000 pid=5086->guuid=307599bc-1800-0000-fc68-0b67df130000 pid=5087 execve guuid=5712e8bc-1800-0000-fc68-0b67e1130000 pid=5089 /usr/bin/hostnamectl guuid=307599bc-1800-0000-fc68-0b67df130000 pid=5087->guuid=5712e8bc-1800-0000-fc68-0b67e1130000 pid=5089 execve guuid=ad1f3fd0-1800-0000-fc68-0b6735140000 pid=5173 /usr/bin/dash guuid=569bcb91-1800-0000-fc68-0b6774130000 pid=5172->guuid=ad1f3fd0-1800-0000-fc68-0b6735140000 pid=5173 execve guuid=96fd69d0-1800-0000-fc68-0b6736140000 pid=5174 /usr/bin/uptime guuid=ad1f3fd0-1800-0000-fc68-0b6735140000 pid=5173->guuid=96fd69d0-1800-0000-fc68-0b6736140000 pid=5174 execve guuid=9e718ad1-1800-0000-fc68-0b6739140000 pid=5177 /usr/bin/dash guuid=569bcb91-1800-0000-fc68-0b6774130000 pid=5176->guuid=9e718ad1-1800-0000-fc68-0b6739140000 pid=5177 execve guuid=ec9fb4d1-1800-0000-fc68-0b673a140000 pid=5178 /usr/bin/uname guuid=9e718ad1-1800-0000-fc68-0b6739140000 pid=5177->guuid=ec9fb4d1-1800-0000-fc68-0b673a140000 pid=5178 execve guuid=1f8f51d4-1800-0000-fc68-0b673d140000 pid=5181 /usr/bin/dash guuid=569bcb91-1800-0000-fc68-0b6774130000 pid=5180->guuid=1f8f51d4-1800-0000-fc68-0b673d140000 pid=5181 execve guuid=6e8c7dd4-1800-0000-fc68-0b673e140000 pid=5182 /usr/bin/hostnamectl guuid=1f8f51d4-1800-0000-fc68-0b673d140000 pid=5181->guuid=6e8c7dd4-1800-0000-fc68-0b673e140000 pid=5182 execve guuid=1fc4f6db-1800-0000-fc68-0b6744140000 pid=5188 /usr/bin/dash guuid=569bcb91-1800-0000-fc68-0b6774130000 pid=5187->guuid=1fc4f6db-1800-0000-fc68-0b6744140000 pid=5188 execve guuid=9bbb24dc-1800-0000-fc68-0b6745140000 pid=5189 /usr/bin/uptime guuid=1fc4f6db-1800-0000-fc68-0b6744140000 pid=5188->guuid=9bbb24dc-1800-0000-fc68-0b6745140000 pid=5189 execve guuid=582041dd-1800-0000-fc68-0b6748140000 pid=5192 /usr/bin/dash guuid=569bcb91-1800-0000-fc68-0b6774130000 pid=5191->guuid=582041dd-1800-0000-fc68-0b6748140000 pid=5192 execve guuid=f8846edd-1800-0000-fc68-0b6749140000 pid=5193 /usr/bin/uname guuid=582041dd-1800-0000-fc68-0b6748140000 pid=5192->guuid=f8846edd-1800-0000-fc68-0b6749140000 pid=5193 execve
Threat name:
Linux.Trojan.Prometei
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-09-11 09:33:16 UTC
File Type:
ELF64 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
14 of 36 (38.89%)
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 the /etc/hosts DNS resolution file
Family: Prometei
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YARA Signatures


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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:TH_Generic_MassHunt_Linux_Malware_2026_CYFARE
Author:CYFARE
Description:Generic Linux malware mass-hunt rule - 2026
Reference:https://cyfare.net/
Rule name:upx_packed_elf_v1
Author:RandomMalware

File information


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