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Database Entry



Threat unknown


Vendor detections: 5


Intelligence 5 IOCs YARA 1 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 5c72bdfe8c816a153926f00cb2c34c21352570e00a43df9e0fab939cd5a3889b
SHA3-384 hash: c73d20d7d4196ee4396f0ab06c0793a970cb57f3ac2fc648898433e74dc18f6bb0bb13867db59c2fece43d5527b312a6
SHA1 hash: 8f677ecc4912730be9fe34496fe9d3154ed4b733
MD5 hash: e0ab61f53c129c7bf71fd5d691c8556d
humanhash: carbon-zulu-mexico-solar
File name:kworkerd-rcu
Download: download sample
File size:140'188 bytes
First seen:2026-06-21 14:49:36 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-sharedlib
ssdeep 3072:gDu53z5rFnQHDYPWdKZDmETWKxcTN0LZqO0SDrg:553z5ajOFYEivN0TDrg
TLSH T1D4D313452162FDC9F9AF477824BD3192E4123A80F5DA2D8DFB213ECA8595C09B34D36E
Magika elf
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:elf UPX
File size (compressed) :140'188 bytes
File size (de-compressed) :351'880 bytes
Format:linux/mipsel
Unpacked file: e2aa280211036f684810d543f375c0d936316411ae4f6c4347baf7527ac3dd31

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
51
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
DNS request
Opens a port
Collects information on the CPU
Creating a file in the %temp% directory
Changes access rights for a written file
Creating a file
Sends data to a server
Connection attempt
Receives data from a server
Runs as daemon
Sets a written file as executable
Changes the time when the file was created, accessed, or modified
Launching a process
Manages services
Deleting a recently created file
Substitutes an application name
Creates or modifies files in /cron to set up autorun
Deleting of the original file
Verdict:
Unknown
Threat level:
  0/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
packed upx
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=433835e1-1900-0000-e0a5-f6a6510c0000 pid=3153 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=5013d9e4-1900-0000-e0a5-f6a6520c0000 pid=3154 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=433835e1-1900-0000-e0a5-f6a6510c0000 pid=3153->guuid=5013d9e4-1900-0000-e0a5-f6a6520c0000 pid=3154 execve
Result
Threat name:
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.spyw.evad.mine
Score:
76 / 100
Signature
Executes itself again with its parent PID as an argument (indicative of hampering debugging)
Executes the "crontab" command typically for achieving persistence
Found strings related to Crypto-Mining
Opens /sys/class/net/* files useful for querying network interface information
Performs DNS TXT record lookups
Sample deletes itself
Sample tries to persist itself using cron
Yara detected Xmrig cryptocurrency miner
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1931492 Sample: kworkerd-rcu.elf Startdate: 21/06/2026 Architecture: LINUX Score: 76 57 api.robotmarkethub.com 2->57 59 91.239.211.89, 34888, 37684, 80 HOSTKEY-ASNL Germany 2->59 63 Yara detected Xmrig cryptocurrency miner 2->63 10 kworkerd-rcu.elf 2->10         started        13 systemd sh 2->13         started        15 systemd snapd-env-generator 2->15         started        17 systemd snapd-env-generator 2->17         started        signatures3 65 Performs DNS TXT record lookups 57->65 process4 signatures5 67 Found strings related to Crypto-Mining 10->67 19 kworkerd-rcu.elf 10->19         started        21 sh wget 13->21         started        24 sh sh 13->24         started        26 sh rm 13->26         started        process6 file7 28 kworkerd-rcu.elf 19->28         started        51 /tmp/..redis-sentinel, Bourne-Again 21->51 dropped process8 file9 55 /var/spool/cron/crontabs/root, ASCII 28->55 dropped 73 Opens /sys/class/net/* files useful for querying network interface information 28->73 75 Sample deletes itself 28->75 77 Sample tries to persist itself using cron 28->77 32 kworkerd-rcu.elf sh 28->32         started        35 kworkerd-rcu.elf sh 28->35         started        37 kworkerd-rcu.elf sh 28->37         started        39 kworkerd-rcu.elf sh 28->39         started        signatures10 process11 signatures12 61 Executes itself again with its parent PID as an argument (indicative of hampering debugging) 32->61 41 sh crontab 32->41         started        45 sh crontab 35->45         started        47 sh systemctl 37->47         started        49 sh systemctl 39->49         started        process13 file14 53 /var/spool/cron/crontabs/tmp.axK6tQ, ASCII 41->53 dropped 69 Sample tries to persist itself using cron 41->69 71 Executes the "crontab" command typically for achieving persistence 41->71 signatures15
Gathering data
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  5/10
Tags:
discovery upx
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:elf_arm_mips_ko_so

File information


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Web download

elf 5c72bdfe8c816a153926f00cb2c34c21352570e00a43df9e0fab939cd5a3889b

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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