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Database Entry



CoinMiner


Vendor detections: 9


Intelligence 9 IOCs YARA 16 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 46ab28771053d0ac2607de413a2cb045aaa8a32b036445b928070ec37eeb130a
SHA3-384 hash: 756f161fd3f7a1232a1eed65204fe4a0102d6d8d4ce376c5940266e3e550232c8b88e36040d48d6fcee5da80d9b24579
SHA1 hash: 3c549562143c401d31590eba44228f80d331b3b7
MD5 hash: 40249128c6aa8f4f50b74dbe24b9970d
humanhash: mississippi-high-bakerloo-jupiter
File name:i686
Download: download sample
Signature CoinMiner
File size:5'237'864 bytes
First seen:2025-11-14 23:27:27 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 98304:+x9d+BPBhB3rFAxEsB9pihCzK9oS0YF0m5Wpv7D5JlKODKw2Hp:BPB7FnaK9P0YF0mIltxM
TLSH T127366B88E793E4F1F25348F0169B97F765200639A057F5F2EB8A6B61B4323416F093AD
telfhash t156b2a0b3155ca0f96be0840387af7170cff6b0b71a9029f125e67dc19a72cc2da66974
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 048e374baac36d8cf68dd32e48313ef8eb517d647548b1bf5f26d2d0e2e3cdc7
File size (compressed) :1'748'196 bytes
File size (de-compressed) :5'237'864 bytes
Format:linux/i386
Packed file: 048e374baac36d8cf68dd32e48313ef8eb517d647548b1bf5f26d2d0e2e3cdc7

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
51
Origin country :
NL NL
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Changes access rights for a written file
Launching a process
Creating a file
Runs as daemon
Changes the time when the file was created, accessed, or modified
Creates or modifies files in /cron to set up autorun
Substitutes an application name
Verdict:
Unknown
Threat level:
  2.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
base64 expand gcc lolbin rust
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.32.le
First seen:
2025-11-14T22:08:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2025-11-15T01:16:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Result
Threat name:
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.spyw.mine
Score:
84 / 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
Yara detected Xmrig cryptocurrency miner
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 signatures2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1814498 Sample: i686.elf Startdate: 15/11/2025 Architecture: LINUX Score: 84 44 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->44 46 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->46 48 Yara detected Xmrig cryptocurrency miner 2->48 8 i686.elf 2->8         started        process3 signatures4 56 Found strings related to Crypto-Mining 8->56 11 i686.elf 8->11         started        process5 signatures6 58 Opens /sys/class/net/* files useful for querying network interface information 11->58 14 i686.elf sh 11->14         started        16 i686.elf sh 11->16         started        18 i686.elf sh 11->18         started        20 i686.elf 11->20         started        process7 process8 22 sh crontab 14->22         started        26 sh crontab 14->26         started        28 sh 14->28         started        30 sh iptables 16->30         started        32 sh iptables 16->32         started        40 2 other processes 16->40 34 sh iptables 18->34         started        36 sh iptables 18->36         started        38 i686.elf 20->38         started        file9 42 /var/spool/cron/crontabs/tmp.rZ8UXZ, ASCII 22->42 dropped 50 Sample tries to persist itself using cron 22->50 52 Executes the "crontab" command typically for achieving persistence 22->52 54 Executes the "iptables" command to insert, remove and/or manipulate rules 34->54 signatures10
Threat name:
Linux.Trojan.Miner
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-11-14 23:28:22 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
18 of 38 (47.37%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:xmrig antivm defense_evasion discovery execution linux miner motw persistence phishing 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
Mark of the Web detected: This indicates that the page was originally saved or cloned.
Reads hardware information
Reads network interface configuration
Creates Raw socket
Flushes firewall rules
Contacts a large (575455) amount of remote hosts
Creates a large amount of network flows
Verdict:
Unknown
Tags:
cryptojacking
YARA:
Linux_Cryptominer_Camelot_b8552fff
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:enterpriseapps2
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Enterprise apps
Rule name:enterpriseunix2
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Enterprise UNIX
Rule name:Linux_Cryptominer_Camelot_b8552fff
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:maldoc_getEIP_method_1
Author:Didier Stevens (https://DidierStevens.com)
Rule name:maldoc_indirect_function_call_3
Author:Didier Stevens (https://DidierStevens.com)
Rule name:MD5_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for MD5 constants
Rule name:meth_get_eip
Author:Willi Ballenthin
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

File information


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Web download

CoinMiner

elf 46ab28771053d0ac2607de413a2cb045aaa8a32b036445b928070ec37eeb130a

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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