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Database Entry



CoinMiner


Vendor detections: 9


Intelligence 9 IOCs YARA 14 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 4686bf588858db5dcdb60ff8b04a95624acd668c03dcf5f032fec070f5c85b8d
SHA3-384 hash: 66c5c3c83baa9993ba6052d4e8d7190b9a67ccce5db65aebaa94cee130e413e2de30ea82a296f3b5f92e881f8b3a0220
SHA1 hash: 86b32ffcd11f405b5dca37a3a6f366657c7b8c25
MD5 hash: 1aabeaf6681e26da1734dc78bb0e1c65
humanhash: kilo-maine-quiet-nebraska
File name:x86_64
Download: download sample
Signature CoinMiner
File size:5'040'328 bytes
First seen:2025-11-12 04:26:17 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 98304:bmf0190eJBZkZS72ZMaY/hu7mFOMTrHM7/zmJnvK1K74jJlsEEQqG++p:bm8owOM3M+zGJaG5
TLSH T146365C4BF1A364FDC19BC434475B9963B931785802257EBB66C4EE302A23E705B2DF62
telfhash t1be3231714be434f16296c516e7a6f6b0db731cb266e834705433be96df98e800c7ac1a
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 upx-dec


Avatar
abuse_ch
UPX decompressed file, sourced from SHA256 f5ed87690ff6ab07868a23054d73b173f620b9d0abbfe4e16a0e0111ae0d73af
File size (compressed) :1'880'032 bytes
File size (de-compressed) :5'040'328 bytes
Format:linux/amd64
Packed file: f5ed87690ff6ab07868a23054d73b173f620b9d0abbfe4e16a0e0111ae0d73af

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
62
Origin country :
NL NL
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Verdict:
Suspicious
Threat level:
  5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
coinminer gcc miner
Verdict:
Malicious
Uses P2P?:
false
Uses anti-vm?:
false
Architecture:
x86
Packer:
not packed
Botnet:
unknown
Number of open files:
0
Number of processes launched:
1
Processes remaning?
false
Remote TCP ports scanned:
not identified
Behaviour
no suspicious findings
Botnet C2s
TCP botnet C2(s):
not identified
UDP botnet C2(s):
not identified
Verdict:
Adware
File Type:
elf.64.le
First seen:
2025-11-12T02:50:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2025-11-12T03:51:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Gathering data
Result
Threat name:
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.spyw.mine
Score:
88 / 100
Signature
Executes the "crontab" command typically for achieving persistence
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 tries to persist itself using cron
Tries to load the MSR kernel module used for reading/writing to CPUs model specific register
Yara detected Xmrig cryptocurrency miner
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 signatures2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1812433 Sample: x86_64.elf Startdate: 12/11/2025 Architecture: LINUX Score: 88 48 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->48 50 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->50 52 Yara detected Xmrig cryptocurrency miner 2->52 8 x86_64.elf 2->8         started        11 dash rm 2->11         started        13 dash rm 2->13         started        process3 signatures4 54 Found strings related to Crypto-Mining 8->54 15 x86_64.elf 8->15         started        process5 signatures6 64 Opens /sys/class/net/* files useful for querying network interface information 15->64 18 x86_64.elf sh 15->18         started        20 x86_64.elf sh 15->20         started        22 x86_64.elf sh 15->22         started        24 2 other processes 15->24 process7 process8 26 sh crontab 18->26         started        30 sh crontab 18->30         started        32 sh 18->32         started        34 sh iptables 20->34         started        36 sh iptables 20->36         started        42 2 other processes 20->42 38 sh iptables 22->38         started        40 sh iptables 22->40         started        44 2 other processes 24->44 file9 46 /var/spool/cron/crontabs/tmp.OGCXCV, ASCII 26->46 dropped 56 Sample tries to persist itself using cron 26->56 58 Executes the "crontab" command typically for achieving persistence 26->58 60 Executes the "iptables" command to insert, remove and/or manipulate rules 38->60 62 Tries to load the MSR kernel module used for reading/writing to CPUs model specific register 44->62 signatures10
Threat name:
Linux.Trojan.Miner
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-11-12 04:27:12 UTC
File Type:
ELF64 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
21 of 38 (55.26%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:xmrig antivm defense_evasion discovery execution linux miner persistence privilege_escalation
Behaviour
Enumerates kernel/hardware configuration
Reads runtime system information
Changes its process name
Checks CPU configuration
Reads CPU attributes
Checks hardware identifiers (DMI)
Creates/modifies Cron job
Enumerates running processes
Reads hardware information
Reads network interface configuration
Creates Raw socket
Flushes firewall rules
Contacts a large (833758) amount of remote hosts
Creates a large amount of network flows
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

YARA Signatures


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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:enterpriseapps2
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Enterprise apps
Rule name:enterpriseunix2
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Enterprise UNIX
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Pornoasset_927f314f
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:MD5_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for MD5 constants
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: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/

File information


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Web download

CoinMiner

elf 4686bf588858db5dcdb60ff8b04a95624acd668c03dcf5f032fec070f5c85b8d

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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