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CoinMiner


Vendor detections: 8


Intelligence 8 IOCs YARA 3 File information Comments
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SHA256 hash: 2a52ff86556dd7437e335cf5c1d663945f884cf4f7bd9f6e1c692600a207372f
SHA3-384 hash: 87fbe13ed38a45f7b272d6fe2f1cc2d2fa6d7a4a4a04426cec143fb31c0191764fa55401102eeb4bc8baedbd3e0578dc
SHA1 hash: 1403c7145676773a28c03ffab52c1dc01b60db98
MD5 hash: ed33bbb4a1cba007cf2b42453cd4f382
humanhash: pasta-alpha-steak-video
File name:x86_64
Download: download sample
Signature CoinMiner
Create hunting rule
File size:1'837'180 bytes
First seen:2025-07-14 23:45:11 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-sharedlib
ssdeep 24576:JVwhEnDuW6qVL6uWSqFxtUAjSwmtPQP7ENVx8ao9yiO6yQ5DVraAalewm:+8DeC+uWSqFSePie91O6yhAalewm
TLSH T1F78533D622FDBD653D098B02B89C5A0FACB4AE6CBDC66A08404F79E0BD8D975D80513D
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 :
1
# of downloads :
30
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Collects information on the RAM
Creating a file
Manages services
Collects information on the CPU
Launching a process
Kills processes
Runs as daemon
Substitutes an application name
Verdict:
Unknown
Threat level:
  0/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
packed upx
Link:
https://www.filescan.io/uploads/687596a18a7d628a81aea58d/reports/0bf02491-6599-4d4d-ad4a-15c9eaa02d57/overview
Verdict:
Malicious
Uses P2P?:
false
Uses anti-vm?:
true
Architecture:
x86
Packer:
UPX
Botnet:
unknown
Number of open files:
124
Number of processes launched:
9
Processes remaning?
true
Remote TCP ports scanned:
not identified
Full report:
https://elfdigest.com/brief/2a52ff86556dd7437e335cf5c1d663945f884cf4f7bd9f6e1c692600a207372f
Behaviour
Anti-VM
Persistence
Process Renaming
Information Gathering
Botnet C2s
TCP botnet C2(s):
not identified
UDP botnet C2(s):
not identified
Verdict:
Suspicious
Link:
https://analyze.intezer.com/analyses/43c91900-c767-4a47-bc87-8d8c231cb8db
Result
Threat name:
Xmrig
Create hunting rule
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
spyw.evad.mine
Score:
84 / 100
Link:
https://www.joesandbox.com/analysis/1736595
Signature
Executes the "iptables" command to insert, remove and/or manipulate rules
Found strings related to Crypto-Mining
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Opens /sys/class/net/* files useful for querying network interface information
Sample is packed with UPX
Tries to load the MSR kernel module used for reading/writing to CPUs model specific register
Yara detected Xmrig cryptocurrency miner
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
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behaviorgraph top1 signatures2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1736595 Sample: x86_64.elf Startdate: 15/07/2025 Architecture: LINUX Score: 84 47 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->47 49 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->49 51 Yara detected Xmrig cryptocurrency miner 2->51 53 Sample is packed with UPX 2->53 8 x86_64.elf 2->8         started        11 systemd x86_64.elf 2->11         started        13 systemd snapd-env-generator 2->13         started        process3 signatures4 55 Found strings related to Crypto-Mining 8->55 15 x86_64.elf 8->15         started        18 x86_64.elf 11->18         started        process5 signatures6 61 Opens /sys/class/net/* files useful for querying network interface information 15->61 20 x86_64.elf sh 15->20         started        22 x86_64.elf sh 15->22         started        24 x86_64.elf sh 15->24         started        26 7 other processes 15->26 process7 process8 28 sh iptables 20->28         started        31 sh iptables 20->31         started        43 2 other processes 20->43 33 sh iptables 22->33         started        35 sh iptables 22->35         started        37 sh modprobe 24->37         started        39 sh systemctl 26->39         started        41 sh systemctl 26->41         started        45 3 other processes 26->45 signatures9 57 Executes the "iptables" command to insert, remove and/or manipulate rules 33->57 59 Tries to load the MSR kernel module used for reading/writing to CPUs model specific register 37->59
Score:
100%
Verdict:
Malware
File Type:
ELF
Link:
https://malprob.io/report/2a52ff86556dd7437e335cf5c1d663945f884cf4f7bd9f6e1c692600a207372f
Detection:
n/a
Link:
https://mwdb.cert.pl/sample/2a52ff86556dd7437e335cf5c1d663945f884cf4f7bd9f6e1c692600a207372f/
Threat name:
Linux.Trojan.Generic
Create hunting rule
Status:
Suspicious
First seen:
2025-07-14 23:45:42 UTC
File Type:
ELF64 Little (SO)
AV detection:
16 of 24 (66.67%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Detection(s):
Suspicious file
Link:
https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=fjjp7bsvnxlug7rtlt24dvtdsrpyqthu666z63q4netabiqhg4xq._file
Result
Malware family:
xmrig
Create hunting rule
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:xmrig antivm discovery linux miner persistence privilege_escalation upx
Link:
https://tria.ge/reports/250714-3rzwgsap4v/
Behaviour
Enumerates kernel/hardware configuration
Reads runtime system information
Changes its process name
Checks CPU configuration
Reads CPU attributes
Checks hardware identifiers (DMI)
Enumerates running processes
Modifies systemd
Reads hardware information
Reads network interface configuration
Creates Raw socket
Unexpected DNS network traffic destination
Contacts a large (1451179) amount of remote hosts
Creates a large amount of network flows
XMRig Miner payload
Xmrig family
xmrig
Verdict:
Unknown
Tags:
n/a
YARA:
n/a
Link:
https://app.threat.zone/submission/36bd8947-0612-42b1-8a96-1c27a9afb13f
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

YARA Signatures

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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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CoinMiner

elf 2a52ff86556dd7437e335cf5c1d663945f884cf4f7bd9f6e1c692600a207372f

(this sample)

  
URLhaus
https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/url/3568519/
  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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