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Database Entry



Prometei


Vendor detections: 12


Intelligence 12 IOCs YARA 4 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 48172b9ff8ba4cd8f096860eb92389c170ea1fa8ab350cc7619aaae322e1418a
SHA3-384 hash: 04fb5f61b9efc2e001af9c793a1cd3175142965b9e2da9d3800ad9ac33ccc5064f99f482790c5f86d5fd515469653129
SHA1 hash: eed8e4413eb0fbfb15cb49109a8daff0ed4594d4
MD5 hash: 4adaaf571e6ff2ba729e062305e110b2
humanhash: eleven-eighteen-leopard-robert
File name:na
Download: download sample
Signature Prometei
File size:428'272 bytes
First seen:2025-01-12 23:25:59 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 12288:6QIkwT+V+46MTuxN+qpMBUH5kAAxwWVtBeSm:W4/y+qaBUZJAdVtq
TLSH T1459423F31424B3738A2C3A3EFF509E05D79A573CE55927161A1FDDEB0F2951209C8605
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 :
510
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Launching a process
Manages services
Creating a file
Changes access rights for a written file
Kills processes
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
Verdict:
Malicious
Uses P2P?:
false
Uses anti-vm?:
true
Architecture:
x86
Packer:
custom
Botnet:
unknown
Number of open files:
132
Number of processes launched:
32
Processes remaning?
true
Remote TCP ports scanned:
not identified
Behaviour
Anti-VM
Persistence
Process Renaming
Botnet C2s
TCP botnet C2(s):
not identified
UDP botnet C2(s):
not identified
Result
Verdict:
SUSPICIOUS
Result
Threat name:
Prometei
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.evad
Score:
96 / 100
Signature
Drops files in suspicious directories
Found Tor onion address
Machine Learning detection for dropped file
Machine Learning detection for sample
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: 1589640 Sample: na.elf Startdate: 13/01/2025 Architecture: LINUX Score: 96 52 109.202.202.202, 80 INIT7CH Switzerland 2->52 54 p3.feefreepool.net 88.198.246.242, 56830, 80 HETZNER-ASDE Germany 2->54 56 2 other IPs or domains 2->56 58 Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic 2->58 60 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->60 62 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->62 64 4 other signatures 2->64 9 na.elf 2->9         started        13 systemd uplugplay 2->13         started        15 systemd snapd-env-generator 2->15         started        17 systemd snapd-env-generator 2->17         started        signatures3 process4 file5 48 /usr/sbin/uplugplay, ELF 9->48 dropped 66 Found Tor onion address 9->66 68 Drops files in suspicious directories 9->68 70 Sample deletes itself 9->70 19 na.elf sh 9->19         started        21 na.elf sh 9->21         started        23 na.elf sh 9->23         started        27 5 other processes 9->27 25 uplugplay 13->25         started        signatures6 process7 process8 29 sh pgrep 19->29         started        31 sh pidof 21->31         started        33 sh pgrep 23->33         started        35 uplugplay sh 25->35         started        37 sh pgrep 27->37         started        39 sh pidof 27->39         started        41 sh systemctl 27->41         started        43 2 other processes 27->43 process9 45 sh uplugplay 35->45         started        file10 50 /etc/CommId, ASCII 45->50 dropped
Threat name:
Linux.Trojan.Prometei
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-01-12 23:26:05 UTC
File Type:
ELF64 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
18 of 24 (75.00%)
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
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:
Malicious
Tags:
Unix.Trojan.Prometei-9941765-0
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 48172b9ff8ba4cd8f096860eb92389c170ea1fa8ab350cc7619aaae322e1418a

(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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