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Database Entry

Prometei

Vendor detections: 8

Intelligence 8 IOCs YARA 4 File information Comments

SHA256 hash:	4653665b042e4753c367060dec43092ce9fab9a25aac6ce85b84ef39ca7afaea
SHA3-384 hash:	3f3d79a95b1cf761781963cfbde9423af51ce958abb3634f2d7be290bf83bc40fab91e979e43e2befa7d3e4eb9aae43a
SHA1 hash:	43ce8edd37d9738396b14f8cfb8718efad605ad2
MD5 hash:	3ba7d31912dd056028d3f69fb7114e3d
humanhash:	black-charlie-lion-oven
File name:	4653665b042e4753c367060dec43092ce9fab9a25aac6ce85b84ef39ca7afaea
Download:	download sample
Signature	Prometei Create hunting rule
File size:	436'280 bytes
First seen:	2026-09-15 05:55:43 UTC
Last seen:	Never
File type:	elf
MIME type:	application/x-executable
ssdeep	12288:4h/taqLkdfH8ytYiflIw0BEmWVeygFurhCG:4YdkVLwKvyaJG
TLSH	T1D79423FBD6C0430FCF1A117C277A6E12D2C6553539AD6AB0C62CF8AE0E792075944EA7
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	GAYINT_DOT_ORG
Tags:	cowrie elf honeypot Prometei X64

Intelligence

File Origin

# of uploads :

# of downloads :

Origin country :

Vendor Threat Intelligence

Details

Link:

https://research.acce.ciphertechsolutions.com/results/44d00e6e-f2c6-4308-9644-30388f7007bf/

Detection(s):

Unix.Trojan.Prometei-10045451-0

Verdict:

Unknown

Threat level:

2.5/10

Confidence:

100%

Link:

https://www.filescan.io/uploads/6aa8de0b0ae6f04f07d951a8/reports/01a06a21-cf5a-4c1a-9b10-aa5be4c1adda/overview

Verdict:

Malicious

Uses P2P?:

false

Uses anti-vm?:

true

Architecture:

x86

Packer:

custom

Botnet:

unknown

Number of open files:

137

Number of processes launched:

Processes remaning?

true

Remote TCP ports scanned:

not identified

Full report:

https://elfdigest.com/brief/4653665b042e4753c367060dec43092ce9fab9a25aac6ce85b84ef39ca7afaea

Behaviour

Anti-VM

Persistence

Process Renaming

Botnet C2s

TCP botnet C2(s):

not identified

UDP botnet C2(s):

not identified

Verdict:

Malicious

File Type:

elf.64.le

First seen:

2026-09-15T03:38:00Z UTC

Last seen:

2026-09-15T04:12:00Z UTC

Hits:

~10

Link:

https://opentip.kaspersky.com/4653665b042e4753c367060dec43092ce9fab9a25aac6ce85b84ef39ca7afaea/results?tab=lookup

Status:

terminated

Link:

https://sandbox.kunai.rocks/analysis/89a0d24b-0376-4d81-b462-ce19df06688e

Behavior Graph:

Download SVG

Verdict:

Suspicious

Link:

https://analyze.intezer.com/analyses/2c9e5fe4-f4f9-4f2e-b34d-48f3a9bedd10

Score:

100%

Verdict:

Malware

File Type:

ELF

Link:

https://malprob.io/report/4653665b042e4753c367060dec43092ce9fab9a25aac6ce85b84ef39ca7afaea

Detection:

n/a

Link:

https://mwdb.cert.pl/sample/4653665b042e4753c367060dec43092ce9fab9a25aac6ce85b84ef39ca7afaea/

Threat name:

Linux.Trojan.Prometei

Status:

Malicious

First seen:

2026-09-15 05:56:45 UTC

File Type:

ELF64 Little (Exe)

AV detection:

22 of 38 (57.89%)

Threat level:

5/5

Detection(s):

Suspicious file

Link:

https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=izjwmwyefzdvhq3hayg6yqyjftu7vonclkwgz2c3qtxttst27lva._file

Result

Malware family:

prometei_elf

Score:

10/10

Tags:

family:prometei_elf botnet discovery linux miner persistence privilege_escalation upx

Link:

https://tria.ge/reports/260915-gm9z1asard/

Behaviour

Reads runtime system information

Reads CPU attributes

UPX packed file

Enumerates running processes

Modifies systemd

Write file to user bin folder

Deletes itself

Modifies the /etc/hosts DNS resolution file

Family: Prometei

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

Threat name:

Legit

Score:

0.23

Link:

https://yomi.yoroi.company/submissions/4653665b042e4753c367060dec43092ce9fab9a25aac6ce85b84ef39ca7afaea

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:	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:	TH_Generic_MassHunt_Linux_Malware_2026_CYFARE Create hunting rule
Author:	CYFARE
Description:	Generic Linux malware mass-hunt rule - 2026
Reference:	https://cyfare.net/

Rule name:	upx_packed_elf_v1 Create hunting rule
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 4653665b042e4753c367060dec43092ce9fab9a25aac6ce85b84ef39ca7afaea

(this sample)

Delivery method

Distributed via web download

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