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Database Entry

CoinMiner

Vendor detections: 8

Intelligence 8 IOCs YARA 2 File information Comments

SHA256 hash:	228d2aa4f5ba5bd3f7a56bbaf6b02520a00e57cca5458f99bc57b034b32819f5
SHA3-384 hash:	32fc6c094e441f5fed8fc2ccecb821af1667f9af46ee3f7410586796e0018d447f6589e69340496b41cd7c9756a4d8b1
SHA1 hash:	7c6976834377ecd946392f5adfa3db53d60fb0a8
MD5 hash:	5e315e153f778c75229d0c9149adf2ca
humanhash:	undress-saturn-seventeen-blue
File name:	x6.pdf
Download:	download sample
Signature	CoinMiner Create hunting rule
File size:	54'464 bytes
First seen:	2026-02-18 07:56:15 UTC
Last seen:	2026-02-18 08:31:17 UTC
File type:	elf
MIME type:	application/x-executable
ssdeep	768:MIHlRwJ4vtvaSyedC8pkxpYgrSghD73OoUEr+4n:M2laJ4vh1LQ8expxB7OOr+i
TLSH	T16C331B36A59360FCC19BC474876BB5276D32BB9502343F7B1798ED311E60E2D26AD710
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

Intelligence

File Origin

# of uploads :

# of downloads :

Origin country :

Vendor Threat Intelligence

No detections

Detection(s):

SecuriteInfo.com.ELF.Miner-RE.91197654.UNOFFICIAL

Verdict:

Malicious

Threat level:

10/10

Confidence:

100%

Tags:

anti-vm coinminer masquerade miner

Link:

https://www.filescan.io/uploads/699570a397feb4afd6497925/reports/2b4a6051-88cb-4433-ad2d-053665de2fda/overview

Verdict:

Malicious

Uses P2P?:

false

Uses anti-vm?:

false

Architecture:

x86

Packer:

not packed

Botnet:

unknown

Number of open files:

Number of processes launched:

Processes remaning?

false

Remote TCP ports scanned:

not identified

Full report:

https://elfdigest.com/brief/228d2aa4f5ba5bd3f7a56bbaf6b02520a00e57cca5458f99bc57b034b32819f5

Behaviour

Persistence

Botnet C2s

TCP botnet C2(s):

not identified

UDP botnet C2(s):

not identified

Result

Gathering data

Status:

terminated

Link:

https://sandbox.kunai.rocks/analysis/c12f2254-3fda-466c-9ad9-b54623114598

Behavior Graph:

Download SVG

Verdict:

Suspicious

Link:

https://analyze.intezer.com/analyses/236126ea-d05e-4024-ab11-5e678e0e3c57

Score:

100%

Verdict:

Malware

File Type:

ELF

Link:

https://malprob.io/report/228d2aa4f5ba5bd3f7a56bbaf6b02520a00e57cca5458f99bc57b034b32819f5

Detection:

n/a

Link:

https://mwdb.cert.pl/sample/228d2aa4f5ba5bd3f7a56bbaf6b02520a00e57cca5458f99bc57b034b32819f5/

Threat name:

Linux.Trojan.Generic

Status:

Suspicious

First seen:

2026-02-18 08:10:40 UTC

AV detection:

7 of 23 (30.43%)

Threat level:

5/5

Detection(s):

Suspicious file

Link:

https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=ekgsvjhvxjn5h55fno5pnmbfecqa4v6muvcy7gn4k6ydjmzidh2q._file

Result

Malware family:

n/a

Score:

7/10

Tags:

antivm discovery execution linux persistence privilege_escalation

Link:

https://tria.ge/reports/260218-jstlbacz6d/

Behaviour

Enumerates kernel/hardware configuration

Reads runtime system information

System Network Configuration Discovery

Writes file to tmp directory

Changes its process name

Checks CPU configuration

Reads CPU attributes

Checks hardware identifiers (DMI)

Creates/modifies Cron job

Reads hardware information

Runs EXE from memory

Malware family:

XMRig

Verdict:

Malicious

Link:

https://www.vmray.com/analyses/_mb/228d2aa4f5ba/report/overview.html

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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:	unixredflags3 Create hunting rule
Author:	Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:	Hunts for UNIX red flags

File information

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

Web download

CoinMiner

elf 228d2aa4f5ba5bd3f7a56bbaf6b02520a00e57cca5458f99bc57b034b32819f5

(this sample)

URLhaus

https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/url/3763432/

Delivery method

Distributed via web download

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