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Database Entry



Prometei


Vendor detections: 10


Intelligence 10 IOCs YARA 4 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 664f40162aeaa2c214c5601812569ecf45034f8b1a6188b4a4bf4846f4e554cf
SHA3-384 hash: a2d5ee6688faf409caff69ebf2f6442cf1becfe78f6ff249b39178cb4911ce5b11d856738f3cfe259320925a4c7fce2e
SHA1 hash: 4082bec2b1749e547c54d3c7f38b43b91284a8ab
MD5 hash: 558f6ef091afc7fd3b526f4ee5558d38
humanhash: three-romeo-sierra-november
File name:na
Download: download sample
Signature Prometei
File size:435'932 bytes
First seen:2025-03-27 17:17:51 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 6144:63fxS1fHETSACF2Gzm5DVvSHrKKRH4SCra+HWMiFbcAOXmb4Dsi6wwcitgE:25WOSACZSV6eKRH5EPiamb4DsDwwc0
TLSH T14A9423F8C83D2E3098169B3CBB5A8268F0A15772D9562B6EB51AF5732179F1FAC60101
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 :
71
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Changes access rights for a written file
Launching a process
Manages services
Kills processes
Creating a file
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?:
false
Architecture:
x86
Packer:
custom
Botnet:
unknown
Number of open files:
125
Number of processes launched:
29
Processes remaning?
true
Remote TCP ports scanned:
not identified
Behaviour
Persistence
Process Renaming
Botnet C2s
TCP botnet C2(s):
not identified
UDP botnet C2(s):
not identified
Result
Verdict:
MALICIOUS
Result
Threat name:
Prometei
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Antivirus detection for dropped file
Drops files in suspicious directories
Executes the "dmidecode" command for reading DMI BIOS info like hardware or serial numbers (indicative of machine fingerprinting or VM-detection)
Found Tor onion address
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Sample deletes itself
Sample is packed with UPX
Yara detected Prometei
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1650450 Sample: na.elf Startdate: 27/03/2025 Architecture: LINUX Score: 100 77 152.36.128.18, 58536, 58538, 80 NCRENUS United States 2->77 79 xinchcfda.org 85.214.228.140, 36036, 80 STRATOSTRATOAGDE Germany 2->79 81 6 other IPs or domains 2->81 83 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->83 85 Antivirus detection for dropped file 2->85 87 Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample 2->87 89 3 other signatures 2->89 11 systemd uplugplay 2->11         started        13 na.elf 2->13         started        17 systemd snapd-env-generator 2->17         started        19 4 other processes 2->19 signatures3 process4 file5 21 uplugplay 11->21         started        73 /usr/sbin/uplugplay, ELF 13->73 dropped 93 Found Tor onion address 13->93 95 Drops files in suspicious directories 13->95 97 Sample deletes itself 13->97 23 na.elf sh 13->23         started        25 na.elf sh 13->25         started        27 na.elf sh 13->27         started        29 5 other processes 13->29 signatures6 process7 process8 31 uplugplay sh 21->31         started        33 sh pgrep 23->33         started        35 sh pgrep 25->35         started        37 sh pidof 27->37         started        39 sh pgrep 29->39         started        41 sh pidof 29->41         started        43 sh systemctl 29->43         started        45 2 other processes 29->45 process9 47 sh uplugplay 31->47         started        file10 75 /etc/CommId, ASCII 47->75 dropped 50 uplugplay sh 47->50         started        52 uplugplay sh 47->52         started        54 uplugplay sh 47->54         started        56 5 other processes 47->56 process11 process12 58 sh dmidecode 50->58         started        61 sh dmidecode 52->61         started        63 sh hostnamectl 54->63         started        65 sh hostnamectl 56->65         started        67 sh uptime 56->67         started        69 sh uname 56->69         started        71 2 other processes 56->71 signatures13 91 Executes the "dmidecode" command for reading DMI BIOS info like hardware or serial numbers (indicative of machine fingerprinting or VM-detection) 58->91
Threat name:
Linux.Trojan.Generic
Status:
Suspicious
First seen:
2025-03-27 17:18:22 UTC
File Type:
ELF64 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
17 of 24 (70.83%)
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:
Informative
Tags:
n/a
YARA:
n/a
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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: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 664f40162aeaa2c214c5601812569ecf45034f8b1a6188b4a4bf4846f4e554cf

(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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