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Database Entry



Prometei


Vendor detections: 10


Intelligence 10 IOCs YARA 6 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 644a677b7121466218dddf907f7837afb4b68c418ef36c8f21b93fe466380245
SHA3-384 hash: afc4411e40019eb5a18f5aea11598f3a34bb8d88227189cf7a242710cd4c8304b7057d2a0adcf236ce3f505be1ad070c
SHA1 hash: ebe8fc4be8379c7712cf19524723ea0975d6a87d
MD5 hash: 87a2503e5ab615738191e89df5ba5272
humanhash: fish-beryllium-fruit-harry
File name:na
Download: download sample
Signature Prometei
File size:920'568 bytes
First seen:2025-04-12 18:51:52 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 12288:qb143S0q+8eXS1/f2Wc3slC3yjTjMv+9XSJhBXEsV3b9gh4J8zMSv7MzOup8MplE:qmShf4OTjMgXSJhBXEsVrmz9MOup1Khn
TLSH T169155B653700EF5EF39DE27108F287E046D125F31AD24296A278C71C6EE161D28AFDE9
telfhash t126f09018093456e197116ec8673dff7ad56220ef6a055e378f00fda79b699426e10c0c
Magika elf
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:elf Prometei

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
163
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Creating a file
Manages services
Collects information on the CPU
Changes access rights for a written file
Collects information on the OS
Kills processes
Launching a process
Writes files to system directory
Writes files to system subdirectory
Substitutes an application name
Deleting of the original file
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
gcc lolbin remote
Result
Threat name:
Prometei
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.evad
Score:
92 / 100
Signature
Drops files in suspicious directories
Found Tor onion address
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Sample deletes itself
Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic
Yara detected Prometei
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1663894 Sample: na.elf Startdate: 12/04/2025 Architecture: LINUX Score: 92 62 p3.feefreepool.net 88.198.246.242, 80 HETZNER-ASDE Germany 2->62 64 Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic 2->64 66 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->66 68 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->68 70 2 other signatures 2->70 11 na.elf 2->11         started        15 systemd uplugplay 2->15         started        17 sshd sshd 2->17         started        19 4 other processes 2->19 signatures3 process4 file5 60 /usr/sbin/uplugplay, ELF 11->60 dropped 72 Found Tor onion address 11->72 74 Drops files in suspicious directories 11->74 76 Sample deletes itself 11->76 21 na.elf sh 11->21         started        23 na.elf sh 11->23         started        25 na.elf sh 11->25         started        33 6 other processes 11->33 27 uplugplay 15->27         started        29 sshd 17->29         started        31 sshd 19->31         started        signatures6 process7 process8 35 sh pgrep 21->35         started        37 sh pidof 23->37         started        39 sh pgrep 25->39         started        41 uplugplay sh 27->41         started        43 sh pidof 33->43         started        45 sh pgrep 33->45         started        47 sh pidof 33->47         started        49 3 other processes 33->49 process9 51 sh uplugplay 41->51         started        file10 58 /etc/CommId, ASCII 51->58 dropped 54 uplugplay sh 51->54         started        process11 process12 56 sh nslookup 54->56         started       
Threat name:
Linux.Trojan.Prometei
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-04-12 18:52:09 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Big (Exe)
AV detection:
21 of 38 (55.26%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  7/10
Tags:
discovery
Behaviour
Enumerates kernel/hardware configuration
Reads runtime system information
Reads CPU attributes
Enumerates running processes
Deletes itself
Verdict:
Malicious
Tags:
botnet prometei Unix.Trojan.Prometei-10042489-0
YARA:
Prometei_Main
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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:F01_s1ckrule
Author:s1ckb017
Rule name:linux_generic_ipv6_catcher
Author:@_lubiedo
Description:ELF samples using IPv6 addresses
Rule name:malwareelf55503
Rule name:Prometei_Main
Author:@bartblaze
Description:Identifies Prometei botnet main modules.
Reference:https://malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de/details/win.prometei
Rule name:RANSOMWARE
Author:ToroGuitar
Rule name:unixredflags3
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for UNIX red flags

File information


The table below shows additional information about this malware sample such as delivery method and external references.

Web download

Prometei

elf 644a677b7121466218dddf907f7837afb4b68c418ef36c8f21b93fe466380245

(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_NXMissing Non-Executable Memory Protectioncritical
CHECK_PIEMissing Position-Independent Executable (PIE) Protectionhigh

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