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Database Entry



Prometei


Vendor detections: 9


Intelligence 9 IOCs YARA 33 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 42169bf27014012a01236104febd2106e54f874d570a2536f30bfc5bbd139283
SHA3-384 hash: 0f07fb0b74759bfce163634a7ff6228b63da22f7971c302ba2b86f7c7fe375e74997f76ea55e533c80b1f5a86fd1ae17
SHA1 hash: ee2bcd89d03c58a031ffb07aaed5b866c203674c
MD5 hash: 5d577a2f21885d39e15289a00e2e1900
humanhash: king-cat-cup-timing
File name:edfd030eb9bc0e9e68546918c8fbdc927bc561d3e4ee473734c5888dbb1beb1e
Download: download sample
Signature Prometei
File size:4'284'336 bytes
First seen:2026-10-15 11:47:23 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 98304:SRD0MUCZs3WcmDZXeC+CSePlPqSJWTREfmeBeutfAZR:SRvL8REfmeBtfU
TLSH T175166D6AB2B354FDC15BD03097AFC6636835B4B40131BC7B26809A352E73E605B6DF62
telfhash t1800241701ef2b8717297d9026343d43469377c2a25f538f0295326e5de99ac18cbb8a3
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 upx-dec


Avatar
abuse_ch
UPX decompressed file, sourced from SHA256 edfd030eb9bc0e9e68546918c8fbdc927bc561d3e4ee473734c5888dbb1beb1e
File size (compressed) :1'773'400 bytes
File size (de-compressed) :4'284'336 bytes
Format:linux/amd64
Packed file: edfd030eb9bc0e9e68546918c8fbdc927bc561d3e4ee473734c5888dbb1beb1e

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
114
Origin country :
NL NL
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Collects information on the OS
Launching a process
Collects information on the CPU
Verdict:
Unknown
Threat level:
  0/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
base64 expand gcc lolbin overlay
Verdict:
Malicious
Uses P2P?:
false
Uses anti-vm?:
false
Architecture:
x86
Packer:
not packed
Botnet:
unknown
Number of open files:
104
Number of processes launched:
8
Processes remaning?
true
Remote TCP ports scanned:
not identified
Behaviour
Process Renaming
Botnet C2s
TCP botnet C2(s):
not identified
UDP botnet C2(s):
not identified
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=0335e229-1900-0000-0dfb-6ff7c40c0000 pid=3268 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=3ea4fc2b-1900-0000-0dfb-6ff7cb0c0000 pid=3275 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=0335e229-1900-0000-0dfb-6ff7c40c0000 pid=3268->guuid=3ea4fc2b-1900-0000-0dfb-6ff7cb0c0000 pid=3275 execve guuid=3ea4fc2b-1900-0000-0dfb-6ff7cb0c0000 pid=3288 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=3ea4fc2b-1900-0000-0dfb-6ff7cb0c0000 pid=3275->guuid=3ea4fc2b-1900-0000-0dfb-6ff7cb0c0000 pid=3288 clone guuid=3ea4fc2b-1900-0000-0dfb-6ff7cb0c0000 pid=3289 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=3ea4fc2b-1900-0000-0dfb-6ff7cb0c0000 pid=3275->guuid=3ea4fc2b-1900-0000-0dfb-6ff7cb0c0000 pid=3289 clone guuid=3ea4fc2b-1900-0000-0dfb-6ff7cb0c0000 pid=3431 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=3ea4fc2b-1900-0000-0dfb-6ff7cb0c0000 pid=3275->guuid=3ea4fc2b-1900-0000-0dfb-6ff7cb0c0000 pid=3431 clone guuid=3ea4fc2b-1900-0000-0dfb-6ff7cb0c0000 pid=3432 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=3ea4fc2b-1900-0000-0dfb-6ff7cb0c0000 pid=3275->guuid=3ea4fc2b-1900-0000-0dfb-6ff7cb0c0000 pid=3432 clone guuid=9489d6ad-1900-0000-0dfb-6ff7ea0d0000 pid=3562 /usr/bin/dash guuid=3ea4fc2b-1900-0000-0dfb-6ff7cb0c0000 pid=3275->guuid=9489d6ad-1900-0000-0dfb-6ff7ea0d0000 pid=3562 execve guuid=fc9cc230-1900-0000-0dfb-6ff7da0c0000 pid=3290 /usr/bin/dash guuid=3ea4fc2b-1900-0000-0dfb-6ff7cb0c0000 pid=3289->guuid=fc9cc230-1900-0000-0dfb-6ff7da0c0000 pid=3290 execve guuid=6709eb30-1900-0000-0dfb-6ff7db0c0000 pid=3291 /usr/bin/pgrep guuid=fc9cc230-1900-0000-0dfb-6ff7da0c0000 pid=3290->guuid=6709eb30-1900-0000-0dfb-6ff7db0c0000 pid=3291 execve guuid=74820170-1900-0000-0dfb-6ff7690d0000 pid=3433 /usr/bin/dash guuid=3ea4fc2b-1900-0000-0dfb-6ff7cb0c0000 pid=3432->guuid=74820170-1900-0000-0dfb-6ff7690d0000 pid=3433 execve guuid=88ae3c70-1900-0000-0dfb-6ff76a0d0000 pid=3434 /usr/sbin/killall5 guuid=74820170-1900-0000-0dfb-6ff7690d0000 pid=3433->guuid=88ae3c70-1900-0000-0dfb-6ff76a0d0000 pid=3434 execve guuid=37e41eae-1900-0000-0dfb-6ff7eb0d0000 pid=3563 /usr/bin/rm guuid=9489d6ad-1900-0000-0dfb-6ff7ea0d0000 pid=3562->guuid=37e41eae-1900-0000-0dfb-6ff7eb0d0000 pid=3563 execve
Result
Threat name:
n/a
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
n/a
Score:
56 / 100
Signature
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1987496 Sample: edfd030eb9bc0e9e68546918c8f... Startdate: 15/10/2026 Architecture: LINUX Score: 56 24 169.254.169.254, 80 USDOS-USDepartmentofStateUS ZZ 2->24 26 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->26 28 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->28 8 edfd030eb9bc0e9e68546918c8fbdc927bc561d3e4ee473734c5888dbb1beb1e.elf 2->8         started        10 python3.8 dpkg 2->10         started        signatures3 process4 process5 12 edfd030eb9bc0e9e68546918c8fbdc927bc561d3e4ee473734c5888dbb1beb1e.elf sh 8->12         started        14 edfd030eb9bc0e9e68546918c8fbdc927bc561d3e4ee473734c5888dbb1beb1e.elf sh 8->14         started        16 edfd030eb9bc0e9e68546918c8fbdc927bc561d3e4ee473734c5888dbb1beb1e.elf sh 8->16         started        process6 18 sh pgrep 12->18         started        20 sh pidof 14->20         started        22 sh rm 16->22         started       
Threat name:
Linux.Exploit.MetasploitMarte
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-10-15 11:48:21 UTC
File Type:
ELF64 Little (Exe)
Extracted files:
1
AV detection:
12 of 23 (52.17%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  6/10
Tags:
discovery linux
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
Reads CPU attributes
Enumerates running processes
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

YARA Signatures


MalwareBazaar uses YARA rules from several public and non-public repositories, such as YARAhub and Malpedia. Those are being matched against malware samples uploaded to MalwareBazaar as well as against any suspicious process dumps they may create. Please note that only results from TLP:CLEAR rules are being displayed.

Rule name:BLOWFISH_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for Blowfish constants
Rule name:CP_Script_Inject_Detector
Author:DiegoAnalytics
Description:Detects attempts to inject code into another process across PE, ELF, Mach-O binaries
Rule name:DetectEncryptedVariants
Author:Zinyth
Description:Detects 'encrypted' in ASCII, Unicode, base64, or hex-encoded
Rule name:Disable_Defender
Author:iam-py-test
Description:Detect files disabling or modifying Windows Defender, Windows Firewall, or Microsoft Smartscreen
Rule name:ELF_Packer_Dropper_Fileless_Armhf
Author:Serhii Kocherhan
Description:Detects obfuscated Linux ELF packers/droppers featuring ChaCha20/RC4 decryption, memfd_create/execveat fileless execution capabilities, and unique binary artifacts.
Rule name:enterpriseapps2
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Enterprise apps
Rule name:F01_s1ckrule
Author:s1ckb017
Rule name:FreddyBearDropper
Author:Dwarozh Hoshiar
Description:Freddy Bear Dropper is dropping a malware through base63 encoded powershell scrip.
Rule name:ldpreload
Author:xorseed
Reference:https://stuff.rop.io/
Rule name:Linux_Hacktool_Flooder_f454ec10
Author:Elastic Security
Reference:0297e1ad6e180af85256a175183102776212d324a2ce0c4f32e8a44a2e2e9dad
Rule name:mal_metasploit_shellcode_windows_powershell_tcp
Author:Maxime THIEBAUT (@0xThiebaut)
Description:Detects Metasploit import-hashes from the windows/powershell_bind_tcp and windows/powershell_reverse_tcp payloads
Reference:https://blog.nviso.eu/2021/09/02/anatomy-and-disruption-of-metasploit-shellcode/
Rule name:MD5_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for MD5 constants
Rule name:meth_peb_parsing
Author:Willi Ballenthin
Rule name:MIRAI_OHSHIT_payload
Author:AfterPacket
Description:MIRAI_OHSHIT ELF payload -- compiled-in C2 set, all architectures
Reference:https://github.com/Afterpacket/drosera-threat-intel
Rule name:NSVPS_Hydra_SSH_Bruteforce
Author:sanad (NSVPS-SOC)
Description:Hydra SSH brute-force campaign credentials pattern from NSVPS honeypot
Rule name:Prometei_Main
Author:@bartblaze
Description:Identifies Prometei botnet main modules.
Reference:https://malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de/details/win.prometei
Rule name:RANSOMWARE
Author:ToroGuitar
Rule name:RIPEMD160_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for RIPEMD-160 constants
Rule name:setsockopt
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for setsockopt() red flags
Rule name:SHA1_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for SHA1 constants
Rule name:SHA512_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for SHA384/SHA512 constants
Rule name:Sus_CMD_Powershell_Usage
Author:XiAnzheng
Description:May Contain(Obfuscated or no) Powershell or CMD Command that can be abused by threat actor(can create FP)
Rule name:TH_Generic_MassHunt_Linux_Malware_2026_CYFARE
Author:CYFARE
Description:Generic Linux malware mass-hunt rule - 2026
Reference:https://cyfare.net/
Rule name:unixredflags3
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for UNIX red flags
Rule name:upxHook
Author:@r3dbU7z
Description:Detect artifacts from 'upxHook' - modification of UPX packer
Reference:https://bazaar.abuse.ch/sample/6352be8aa5d8063673aa428c3807228c40505004320232a23d99ebd9ef48478a/
Rule name:WHIRLPOOL_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for WhirlPool constants
Rule name:Windows_Trojan_Metasploit_7bc0f998
Description:Identifies the API address lookup function leverage by metasploit shellcode
Rule name:Windows_Trojan_Metasploit_7bc0f998
Author:Elastic Security
Description:Identifies the API address lookup function leverage by metasploit shellcode
Rule name:Windows_Trojan_Metasploit_c9773203
Description:Identifies the 64 bit API hashing function used by Metasploit. This has been re-used by many other malware families.
Reference:https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/04e8752b9b74cbaad7cb0ea6129c90e3172580a2/external/source/shellcode/windows/x64/src/block/block_api.asm
Rule name:Windows_Trojan_Metasploit_c9773203
Author:Elastic Security
Description:Identifies the 64 bit API hashing function used by Metasploit. This has been re-used by many other malware families.
Reference:https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/04e8752b9b74cbaad7cb0ea6129c90e3172580a2/external/source/shellcode/windows/x64/src/block/block_api.asm
Rule name:Windows_Trojan_Metasploit_f7f826b4
Author:Elastic Security
Description:Identifies metasploit kernel->user shellcode. Likely used in ETERNALBLUE and BlueKeep exploits.

File information


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Prometei

elf 42169bf27014012a01236104febd2106e54f874d570a2536f30bfc5bbd139283

(this sample)

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