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Database Entry



Prometei


Vendor detections: 11


Intelligence 11 IOCs YARA 4 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 198038e7635e5827e5ce8784f76dc54aaab3643d3f4925c1ab66b8950d1c1437
SHA3-384 hash: d86e7d6aa246f698fc73e670d772d4eece7b12ab278f8f646d8467c139248f87d0e1bb9ff88663449a2110c112667021
SHA1 hash: 99e57cfe04fb458877bfb0d380753ae447628edd
MD5 hash: a3af8dec9aedb2e90a511080096bb955
humanhash: alpha-eleven-spring-spring
File name:na
Download: download sample
Signature Prometei
File size:435'932 bytes
First seen:2025-03-10 17:47:00 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 6144:63fxS1fHETSACF2Gzm5DVvSHrKKRH4SCra+HWMiFbcAOXmb4Dsi6wwcitgr:25WOSACZSV6eKRH5EPiamb4DsDwwc7
TLSH T1BA9423F8C83D2E3098169B3CBB5A826CF0A15772D9562B7EB51AF5732179F1FAC60101
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 :
95
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Changes access rights for a written file
Launching a process
Manages services
Kills processes
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?:
false
Architecture:
x86
Packer:
custom
Botnet:
unknown
Number of open files:
125
Number of processes launched:
30
Processes remaning?
true
Remote TCP ports scanned:
not identified
Behaviour
Persistence
Process Renaming
Botnet C2s
TCP botnet C2(s):
not identified
UDP botnet C2(s):
not identified
Result
Verdict:
MALICIOUS
Result
Threat name:
Prometei
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.evad
Score:
96 / 100
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
n/a
Threat name:
Win32.Trojan.Prometei
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-03-10 17:47:12 UTC
File Type:
ELF64 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
17 of 24 (70.83%)
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


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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: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 198038e7635e5827e5ce8784f76dc54aaab3643d3f4925c1ab66b8950d1c1437

(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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