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Mettle


Vendor detections: 8


Intelligence 8 IOCs YARA 15 File information Comments
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SHA256 hash: 5b901a2cd967fff9d5f3effcb09983609a224caf08b12d218febbf488074e55b
SHA3-384 hash: faa9348f5adfd39f9c11cd868376dabf94f152d0a8173f75defc4215e6f790c29011a64e883f4b2ae6ae6cd13e92c121
SHA1 hash: a7e5aea1fb003ebff71391e7841db6c0045d6c08
MD5 hash: 22a22386717eb5df0f1f4c7aeed70d75
humanhash: finch-zulu-video-tango
File name:googlebot
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Signature Mettle
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File size:1'121'480 bytes
First seen:2025-12-04 09:54:25 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-sharedlib
ssdeep 24576:kxW5r2UZu6+QO7UAlBKsBWrTPlE0hi/djV:75r2UZd6UAlB70TxiL
TLSH T157357E0BAA9504BEC5F5C470875FC233AF71B4896212367B2694EA303E67E346F1F691
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 smica83
Tags:elf mettle

Intelligence

File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
36
Origin country :
HU HU
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Detection(s):
Unix.Trojan.Generic-9908886-0
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PUA.Unix.File.Metasploit-7646224-0
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PUA.Unix.File.Metasploit-9753187-0
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PUA.Unix.File.Metasploit-9810624-0
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Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.64.le
First seen:
2025-12-01T20:28:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2025-12-04T10:39:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Link:
https://opentip.kaspersky.com/5b901a2cd967fff9d5f3effcb09983609a224caf08b12d218febbf488074e55b/results?tab=lookup
Malware family:
Mettle
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Verdict:
Malicious
Link:
https://analyze.intezer.com/analyses/e7bcf4c8-8d6d-4fc0-bb31-86457a9832cd
Result
Threat name:
n/a
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
n/a
Score:
56 / 100
Link:
https://www.joesandbox.com/analysis/1826269
Signature
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
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behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1826269 Sample: googlebot.elf Startdate: 04/12/2025 Architecture: LINUX Score: 56 14 169.254.169.254, 80 USDOSUS Reserved 2->14 16 5.182.86.16, 1527, 58058 TRIPLEAES Russian Federation 2->16 18 4 other IPs or domains 2->18 20 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->20 22 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->22 6 dash rm 2->6         started        8 dash rm 2->8         started        10 python3.8 dpkg 2->10         started        12 googlebot.elf 2->12         started        signatures3 process4
Score:
100%
Verdict:
Malware
File Type:
ELF
Link:
https://malprob.io/report/5b901a2cd967fff9d5f3effcb09983609a224caf08b12d218febbf488074e55b
Detection:
n/a
Link:
https://mwdb.cert.pl/sample/5b901a2cd967fff9d5f3effcb09983609a224caf08b12d218febbf488074e55b/
Threat name:
Linux.Trojan.LnxMettle
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Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-12-02 01:25:16 UTC
AV detection:
20 of 38 (52.63%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Detection(s):
Suspicious file
Link:
https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=loibulgzm777tvpt576lbgmdmcncetfpbcys2imp5o7uradu4vnq._file
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  4/10
Tags:
discovery linux
Link:
https://tria.ge/reports/251204-lxwycafp7t/
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
Changes its process name
Verdict:
Malicious
Tags:
trojan meterpreter mettle Unix.Trojan.Generic-9908886-0
YARA:
Linux_Trojan_Meterpreter_a82f5d21 Linux_Trojan_Meterpreter_1bda891e Linux_Trojan_Mettle_e8fdbcbd Linux_Trojan_Mettle_78aead1c
Link:
https://app.threat.zone/submission/634a8230-9102-448c-98c4-0b703071c780
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.
Threat name:
Legit
Score:
0.29
Link:
https://yomi.yoroi.company/submissions/5b901a2cd967fff9d5f3effcb09983609a224caf08b12d218febbf488074e55b

YARA Signatures

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Rule name:CP_Script_Inject_Detector
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Author:DiegoAnalytics
Description:Detects attempts to inject code into another process across PE, ELF, Mach-O binaries
Rule name:DetectEncryptedVariants
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Author:Zinyth
Description:Detects 'encrypted' in ASCII, Unicode, base64, or hex-encoded
Rule name:enterpriseapps2
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Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Enterprise apps
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Meterpreter_1bda891e
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Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Meterpreter_a82f5d21
Create hunting rule
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mettle_78aead1c
Create hunting rule
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mettle_e8fdbcbd
Create hunting rule
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:MacOS_Trojan_Metasploit_6cab0ec0
Create hunting rule
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:MD5_Constants
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Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for MD5 constants
Rule name:RANSOMWARE
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Author:ToroGuitar
Rule name:RIPEMD160_Constants
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Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for RIPEMD-160 constants
Rule name:setsockopt
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Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for setsockopt() red flags
Rule name:SHA1_Constants
Create hunting rule
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for SHA1 constants
Rule name:unixredflags3
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Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for UNIX red flags
Rule name:vmdetect
Create hunting rule
Author:nex
Description:Possibly employs anti-virtualization techniques

File information

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