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Database Entry



Prometei


Vendor detections: 7


Intelligence 7 IOCs YARA 4 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 2dcf3630b2d87664faa3932fafbf9b680bfa3232eb492981f721c52938e19a90
SHA3-384 hash: 0cf747143f17c6343d166d616f5172041daeb9d1bf2fadf6f5b8790f703463c9d024522273482f9fec24ba2bdfb3e549
SHA1 hash: 8c8716a1abf434b3813a06663a35ea741ff2e174
MD5 hash: 58a296d6c45d412d06f4483fc7978ab2
humanhash: nineteen-apart-xray-utah
File name:na
Download: download sample
Signature Prometei
File size:435'932 bytes
First seen:2025-05-10 19:12:35 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 6144:63fxS1fHETSACF2Gzm5DVvSHrKKRH4SCra+HWMiFbcAOXmb4Dsi6wwcitgT:25WOSACZSV6eKRH5EPiamb4DsDwwcD
TLSH T1B69423F8C83D2E3098169B3CBB5A826CF0A15772D9562F6EB51AF5732179F1FAC60101
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 :
160
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Changes access rights for a written file
Launching a process
Kills processes
Manages services
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
Result
Threat name:
Prometei
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Antivirus detection for dropped file
Drops files in suspicious directories
Executes the "dmidecode" command for reading DMI BIOS info like hardware or serial numbers (indicative of machine fingerprinting or VM-detection)
Found Tor onion address
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Sample deletes itself
Sample is packed with UPX
Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic
Yara detected Prometei
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1686904 Sample: na.elf Startdate: 10/05/2025 Architecture: LINUX Score: 100 77 152.36.128.18, 58326, 58328, 80 NCRENUS United States 2->77 79 109.202.202.202, 80 INIT7CH Switzerland 2->79 81 5 other IPs or domains 2->81 83 Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic 2->83 85 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->85 87 Antivirus detection for dropped file 2->87 89 4 other signatures 2->89 11 systemd uplugplay 2->11         started        13 na.elf 2->13         started        17 systemd snapd-env-generator 2->17         started        19 4 other processes 2->19 signatures3 process4 file5 21 uplugplay 11->21         started        73 /usr/sbin/uplugplay, ELF 13->73 dropped 93 Found Tor onion address 13->93 95 Drops files in suspicious directories 13->95 97 Sample deletes itself 13->97 23 na.elf sh 13->23         started        25 na.elf sh 13->25         started        27 na.elf sh 13->27         started        29 5 other processes 13->29 signatures6 process7 process8 31 uplugplay sh 21->31         started        33 sh pgrep 23->33         started        35 sh pidof 25->35         started        37 sh pgrep 27->37         started        39 sh pidof 29->39         started        41 sh pgrep 29->41         started        43 sh systemctl 29->43         started        45 2 other processes 29->45 process9 47 sh uplugplay 31->47         started        file10 75 /etc/CommId, ASCII 47->75 dropped 50 uplugplay sh 47->50         started        52 uplugplay sh 47->52         started        54 uplugplay sh 47->54         started        56 5 other processes 47->56 process11 process12 58 sh dmidecode 50->58         started        61 sh dmidecode 52->61         started        63 sh hostnamectl 54->63         started        65 sh hostnamectl 56->65         started        67 sh uptime 56->67         started        69 sh uname 56->69         started        71 2 other processes 56->71 signatures13 91 Executes the "dmidecode" command for reading DMI BIOS info like hardware or serial numbers (indicative of machine fingerprinting or VM-detection) 58->91
Threat name:
Linux.Trojan.Generic
Status:
Suspicious
First seen:
2025-05-10 19:13:11 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
Enumerates kernel/hardware configuration
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 2dcf3630b2d87664faa3932fafbf9b680bfa3232eb492981f721c52938e19a90

(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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