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Database Entry

Kinsing

Vendor detections: 8

Intelligence 8 IOCs YARA 3 File information Comments

SHA256 hash:	2657b9a60ae94edb29e8d5914afa71b290907edde8c65e9be7a06ac5c52dd8ab
SHA3-384 hash:	f71f78d6a7c110c1a6283f2987c1829d5569d2dc875122dd3867c00f4d4813e3ee9ff4d049a5fd90433994da34a41694
SHA1 hash:	3f6c9d1907b1d6b2fdb454bf8e3685c8240d4919
MD5 hash:	a315e366305e46edd9bc5323fa2350fc
humanhash:	blue-winner-fix-kitten
File name:	ni.sh
Download:	download sample
Signature	Kinsing Create hunting rule
File size:	36'504 bytes
First seen:	2025-02-23 18:48:19 UTC
Last seen:	Never
File type:	sh
MIME type:	text/x-shellscript
ssdeep	768:b87mzQ5VFNcDAFLcIwgnoYq0xFBvgmuNytYuz:bOVF+D6cIwgosLz
TLSH	T119F2264D9072FCB52D65C866DEE1322DB0AEF088C5F37B88AE253D3C55A4005FA715AE
Magika	shell
Reporter	abuse_ch
Tags:	Kinsing sh

Shell script dropper

This file seems to be a shell script dropper, using wget, ftpget and/or curl. More information about the corresponding payload URLs are shown below.

URL	Malware sample (SHA256 hash)	Signature	Tags
http://update.aegis.aliyun.com/download/uninstall.sh	n/a	n/a	ascii
http://update.aegis.aliyun.com/download/quartz_uninstall.sh	n/a	n/a	sh

Intelligence

File Origin

# of uploads :

# of downloads :

Origin country :

Vendor Threat Intelligence

Detection(s):

Unix.Downloader.Rocke-6826000-0

Txt.Malware.Sustes-6779550-1

Verdict:

Malicious

Score:

92.5%

Link:

https://cyber-fortress.com/docs/result/index.php?id=67bb6e2628ab76d43a5cc3b0linux22vpnfull_triage

Tags:

malware

Verdict:

Malicious

Threat level:

10/10

Confidence:

100%

Tags:

black coinminer kinsing miner

Link:

https://www.filescan.io/uploads/67bb6db53afc3763bec29d55/reports/2f4a20dc-758e-4ab9-ab6c-56b2aa12d1d1/overview

Result

Verdict:

MALICIOUS

Details

Base64 Encoded URL

Detected an ANSI or UNICODE http:// or https:// base64 encoded URL prefix.

Score:

Verdict:

Benign

File Type:

SCRIPT

Link:

https://malprob.io/report/2657b9a60ae94edb29e8d5914afa71b290907edde8c65e9be7a06ac5c52dd8ab

Detection:

n/a

Link:

https://mwdb.cert.pl/sample/2657b9a60ae94edb29e8d5914afa71b290907edde8c65e9be7a06ac5c52dd8ab/

Threat name:

Linux.Trojan.Black

Status:

Malicious

First seen:

2025-02-20 17:33:37 UTC

File Type:

Text (Shell)

AV detection:

26 of 38 (68.42%)

Threat level:

5/5

Detection(s):

Suspicious file

Link:

https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=ezl3tjqk5fhnwkpi2wiuv6trwkija7w55ddf5g7hubvmlrjn3cvq._file

Result

Malware family:

xmrig_linux

Score:

10/10

Tags:

family:kinsing family:xmrig family:xmrig_linux antivm defense_evasion discovery execution linux loader miner persistence privilege_escalation rootkit upx

Link:

https://tria.ge/reports/250223-xghxbsvqgp/

Behaviour

Enumerates kernel/hardware configuration

Process Discovery

Reads runtime system information

System Network Configuration Discovery

Writes file to tmp directory

Changes its process name

Checks CPU configuration

Reads CPU attributes

UPX packed file

Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism: Sudo and Sudo Caching

Attempts to change immutable files

Checks hardware identifiers (DMI)

Creates/modifies Cron job

Disables AppArmor

Disables SELinux

Enumerates running processes

Reads hardware information

Reads list of loaded kernel modules

File and Directory Permissions Modification

Deletes system logs

Executes dropped EXE

Flushes firewall rules

Loads a kernel module

XMRig Miner payload

Kinsing

Kinsing family

Kinsing payload

Xmrig family

Xmrig_linux family

xmrig

Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

Threat name:

Malicious File

Score:

1.00

Link:

https://yomi.yoroi.company/submissions/2657b9a60ae94edb29e8d5914afa71b290907edde8c65e9be7a06ac5c52dd8ab

YARA Signatures

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Rule name:	Linux_Trojan_Kinsing_2c1ffe78 Create hunting rule
Author:	Elastic Security

Rule name:	Linux_Trojan_Kinsing_7cdbe9fa Create hunting rule
Author:	Elastic Security

Rule name:	MAL_Payload_F5_BIG_IP_Exploitations_Jul20_1 Create hunting rule
Author:	Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Description:	Detects code found in report on exploits against CVE-2020-5902 F5 BIG-IP vulnerability by NCC group
Reference:	https://research.nccgroup.com/2020/07/05/rift-f5-networks-k52145254-tmui-rce-vulnerability-cve-2020-5902-intelligence/