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Database Entry



Prometei


Vendor detections: 9


Intelligence 9 IOCs YARA 4 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 69e00ec1531c033789ab78b09a10c593cd4e148b4812bc21ddea04e90de11999
SHA3-384 hash: 86174ed3e79519b712c5fff294b1684d76cba9a26aaefa9c4aca0a10a20784ab4dd64f07552e0b5ba61b96b482eb5976
SHA1 hash: fc551cb170ff98fef45945e07a3dccd08a4e9eca
MD5 hash: 454a4936c08c127f68abd813164e27e5
humanhash: eleven-early-tennessee-queen
File name:na
Download: download sample
Signature Prometei
File size:435'932 bytes
First seen:2025-04-15 07:22:29 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 6144:63fxS1fHETSACF2Gzm5DVvSHrKKRH4SCra+HWMiFbcAOXmb4Dsi6wwcitgJ:25WOSACZSV6eKRH5EPiamb4DsDwwcZ
TLSH T1539423F8C87D2E3098169B3CBB1A826CF0A15772D9562B6EB51AF5732179F1FAC60101
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 :
59
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Creating a file
Manages services
Collects information on the CPU
Collects information on the OS
Changes access rights for a written file
Launching a process
Kills processes
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:
30
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
Threat name:
n/a
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.evad
Score:
80 / 100
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Drops files in suspicious directories
Executes the "crontab" command typically for achieving persistence
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Sample is packed with UPX
Sample tries to persist itself using cron
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1665110 Sample: na.elf Startdate: 15/04/2025 Architecture: LINUX Score: 80 65 109.202.202.202, 80 INIT7CH Switzerland 2->65 67 91.189.91.42, 443 CANONICAL-ASGB United Kingdom 2->67 69 2 other IPs or domains 2->69 75 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->75 77 Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample 2->77 79 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->79 81 Sample is packed with UPX 2->81 9 na.elf 2->9         started        13 systemd snapd-env-generator 2->13         started        15 systemd snapd-env-generator 2->15         started        17 3 other processes 2->17 signatures3 process4 file5 63 /usr/sbin/uplugplay, DOS 9->63 dropped 83 Drops files in suspicious directories 9->83 19 na.elf 9->19         started        21 na.elf sh 9->21         started        23 na.elf sh 9->23         started        25 9 other processes 9->25 signatures6 process7 process8 27 na.elf sh 19->27         started        29 na.elf sh 19->29         started        31 na.elf sh 19->31         started        43 66 other processes 19->43 33 sh crontab 21->33         started        37 sh crontab 23->37         started        39 sh crontab 25->39         started        41 sh pgrep 25->41         started        45 7 other processes 25->45 file9 47 sh sh 27->47         started        49 sh pgrep 29->49         started        51 sh pidof 31->51         started        61 /var/spool/cron/crontabs/tmp.CvyxT0, ASCII 33->61 dropped 71 Sample tries to persist itself using cron 33->71 73 Executes the "crontab" command typically for achieving persistence 33->73 53 sh sh 43->53         started        55 sh sh 43->55         started        57 sh sh 43->57         started        59 63 other processes 43->59 signatures10 process11
Threat name:
Linux.Trojan.Generic
Status:
Suspicious
First seen:
2025-04-15 07:23:09 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


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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 69e00ec1531c033789ab78b09a10c593cd4e148b4812bc21ddea04e90de11999

(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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