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Database Entry



Prometei


Vendor detections: 9


Intelligence 9 IOCs YARA 34 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 6ec4916adf65beaa26bb4944cbb4bb80cf33a716f5bcd8177750428c665cddce
SHA3-384 hash: 7daf9585d6e83a9b5ca139ea54bda0f7c4ff4d4722a9f8d73e06b1199c0f01a5694d471b948deff1d82d4028d29df9db
SHA1 hash: 8366c7b6ac15914fd1de64ece28961143d87017a
MD5 hash: 6f2065811ba397599bd7cfc32bc94b3c
humanhash: zulu-steak-snake-saturn
File name:b34dc6f21a5254c24029356e1129ad3d50ee670937d9d2f4c3107f4b05455745
Download: download sample
Signature Prometei
File size:4'284'336 bytes
First seen:2026-10-22 03:44:30 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 98304:y7qMUgZMVbooDl00X+qg+kqn+JEhf94Z9JgYVVjpZP:77Dp94Z9Jg2jj
TLSH T11D166D6AB2B354FCC15BD03097AFC6636835B4B50131BC7B36809A352E72E605B6DF62
telfhash t1290252701eb6b831b3a7d9067343d8746d336c1926f835f4291276d4de59a808cbb8b3
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 upx-dec


Avatar
abuse_ch
UPX decompressed file, sourced from SHA256 b34dc6f21a5254c24029356e1129ad3d50ee670937d9d2f4c3107f4b05455745
File size (compressed) :1'773'472 bytes
File size (de-compressed) :4'284'336 bytes
Format:linux/amd64
Packed file: b34dc6f21a5254c24029356e1129ad3d50ee670937d9d2f4c3107f4b05455745

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
70
Origin country :
NL NL
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Launching a process
Collects information on the OS
Collects information on the CPU
Verdict:
Unknown
Threat level:
  0/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
base64 expand gcc lolbin overlay
Verdict:
Malicious
Uses P2P?:
false
Uses anti-vm?:
false
Architecture:
x86
Packer:
not packed
Botnet:
unknown
Number of open files:
104
Number of processes launched:
8
Processes remaning?
true
Remote TCP ports scanned:
not identified
Behaviour
Process Renaming
Botnet C2s
TCP botnet C2(s):
not identified
UDP botnet C2(s):
not identified
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=f601d4ab-1a00-0000-e22e-6293bc0a0000 pid=2748 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=4371bdad-1a00-0000-e22e-6293c20a0000 pid=2754 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=f601d4ab-1a00-0000-e22e-6293bc0a0000 pid=2748->guuid=4371bdad-1a00-0000-e22e-6293c20a0000 pid=2754 execve guuid=4371bdad-1a00-0000-e22e-6293c20a0000 pid=2763 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=4371bdad-1a00-0000-e22e-6293c20a0000 pid=2754->guuid=4371bdad-1a00-0000-e22e-6293c20a0000 pid=2763 clone guuid=4371bdad-1a00-0000-e22e-6293c20a0000 pid=2764 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=4371bdad-1a00-0000-e22e-6293c20a0000 pid=2754->guuid=4371bdad-1a00-0000-e22e-6293c20a0000 pid=2764 clone guuid=4371bdad-1a00-0000-e22e-6293c20a0000 pid=2870 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=4371bdad-1a00-0000-e22e-6293c20a0000 pid=2754->guuid=4371bdad-1a00-0000-e22e-6293c20a0000 pid=2870 clone guuid=4371bdad-1a00-0000-e22e-6293c20a0000 pid=2871 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=4371bdad-1a00-0000-e22e-6293c20a0000 pid=2754->guuid=4371bdad-1a00-0000-e22e-6293c20a0000 pid=2871 clone guuid=60e7bd2f-1b00-0000-e22e-6293e50b0000 pid=3045 /usr/bin/dash guuid=4371bdad-1a00-0000-e22e-6293c20a0000 pid=2754->guuid=60e7bd2f-1b00-0000-e22e-6293e50b0000 pid=3045 execve guuid=1c13c6b3-1a00-0000-e22e-6293cd0a0000 pid=2765 /usr/bin/dash guuid=4371bdad-1a00-0000-e22e-6293c20a0000 pid=2764->guuid=1c13c6b3-1a00-0000-e22e-6293cd0a0000 pid=2765 execve guuid=d8eef9b3-1a00-0000-e22e-6293cf0a0000 pid=2767 /usr/bin/pgrep guuid=1c13c6b3-1a00-0000-e22e-6293cd0a0000 pid=2765->guuid=d8eef9b3-1a00-0000-e22e-6293cf0a0000 pid=2767 execve guuid=a6ed17f2-1a00-0000-e22e-6293380b0000 pid=2872 /usr/bin/dash guuid=4371bdad-1a00-0000-e22e-6293c20a0000 pid=2871->guuid=a6ed17f2-1a00-0000-e22e-6293380b0000 pid=2872 execve guuid=d8245cf2-1a00-0000-e22e-62933a0b0000 pid=2874 /usr/sbin/killall5 guuid=a6ed17f2-1a00-0000-e22e-6293380b0000 pid=2872->guuid=d8245cf2-1a00-0000-e22e-62933a0b0000 pid=2874 execve guuid=8df16d30-1b00-0000-e22e-6293e60b0000 pid=3046 /usr/bin/rm guuid=60e7bd2f-1b00-0000-e22e-6293e50b0000 pid=3045->guuid=8df16d30-1b00-0000-e22e-6293e60b0000 pid=3046 execve
Result
Threat name:
n/a
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
n/a
Score:
56 / 100
Signature
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1990406 Sample: b34dc6f21a5254c24029356e112... Startdate: 22/10/2026 Architecture: LINUX Score: 56 24 169.254.169.254, 80 USDOS-USDepartmentofStateUS ZZ 2->24 26 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->26 28 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->28 8 b34dc6f21a5254c24029356e1129ad3d50ee670937d9d2f4c3107f4b05455745.elf 2->8         started        10 python3.8 dpkg 2->10         started        signatures3 process4 process5 12 b34dc6f21a5254c24029356e1129ad3d50ee670937d9d2f4c3107f4b05455745.elf sh 8->12         started        14 b34dc6f21a5254c24029356e1129ad3d50ee670937d9d2f4c3107f4b05455745.elf sh 8->14         started        16 b34dc6f21a5254c24029356e1129ad3d50ee670937d9d2f4c3107f4b05455745.elf sh 8->16         started        process6 18 sh pgrep 12->18         started        20 sh pidof 14->20         started        22 sh rm 16->22         started       
Threat name:
Linux.Exploit.MetasploitMarte
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-10-22 03:45:24 UTC
File Type:
ELF64 Little (Exe)
Extracted files:
1
AV detection:
13 of 23 (56.52%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  6/10
Tags:
discovery linux
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
Reads CPU attributes
Enumerates running processes
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

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:BLOWFISH_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for Blowfish constants
Rule name:CP_Script_Inject_Detector
Author:DiegoAnalytics
Description:Detects attempts to inject code into another process across PE, ELF, Mach-O binaries
Rule name:DetectEncryptedVariants
Author:Zinyth
Description:Detects 'encrypted' in ASCII, Unicode, base64, or hex-encoded
Rule name:Disable_Defender
Author:iam-py-test
Description:Detect files disabling or modifying Windows Defender, Windows Firewall, or Microsoft Smartscreen
Rule name:ELF_Packer_Dropper_Fileless_Armhf
Author:Serhii Kocherhan
Description:Detects obfuscated Linux ELF packers/droppers featuring ChaCha20/RC4 decryption, memfd_create/execveat fileless execution capabilities, and unique binary artifacts.
Rule name:enterpriseapps2
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Enterprise apps
Rule name:exploit_any_poppopret
Author:Jeff White [karttoon@gmail.com] @noottrak
Description:Identify POP -> POP -> RET opcodes for quick ROP Gadget creation in target binaries.
Rule name:F01_s1ckrule
Author:s1ckb017
Rule name:FreddyBearDropper
Author:Dwarozh Hoshiar
Description:Freddy Bear Dropper is dropping a malware through base63 encoded powershell scrip.
Rule name:ldpreload
Author:xorseed
Reference:https://stuff.rop.io/
Rule name:Linux_Hacktool_Flooder_f454ec10
Author:Elastic Security
Reference:0297e1ad6e180af85256a175183102776212d324a2ce0c4f32e8a44a2e2e9dad
Rule name:mal_metasploit_shellcode_windows_powershell_tcp
Author:Maxime THIEBAUT (@0xThiebaut)
Description:Detects Metasploit import-hashes from the windows/powershell_bind_tcp and windows/powershell_reverse_tcp payloads
Reference:https://blog.nviso.eu/2021/09/02/anatomy-and-disruption-of-metasploit-shellcode/
Rule name:MD5_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for MD5 constants
Rule name:meth_peb_parsing
Author:Willi Ballenthin
Rule name:MIRAI_OHSHIT_payload
Author:AfterPacket
Description:MIRAI_OHSHIT ELF payload -- compiled-in C2 set, all architectures
Reference:https://github.com/Afterpacket/drosera-threat-intel
Rule name:NSVPS_Hydra_SSH_Bruteforce
Author:sanad (NSVPS-SOC)
Description:Hydra SSH brute-force campaign credentials pattern from NSVPS honeypot
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:RIPEMD160_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for RIPEMD-160 constants
Rule name:setsockopt
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for setsockopt() red flags
Rule name:SHA1_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for SHA1 constants
Rule name:SHA512_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for SHA384/SHA512 constants
Rule name:Sus_CMD_Powershell_Usage
Author:XiAnzheng
Description:May Contain(Obfuscated or no) Powershell or CMD Command that can be abused by threat actor(can create FP)
Rule name:TH_Generic_MassHunt_Linux_Malware_2026_CYFARE
Author:CYFARE
Description:Generic Linux malware mass-hunt rule - 2026
Reference:https://cyfare.net/
Rule name:unixredflags3
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for UNIX red flags
Rule name:upxHook
Author:@r3dbU7z
Description:Detect artifacts from 'upxHook' - modification of UPX packer
Reference:https://bazaar.abuse.ch/sample/6352be8aa5d8063673aa428c3807228c40505004320232a23d99ebd9ef48478a/
Rule name:WHIRLPOOL_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for WhirlPool constants
Rule name:Windows_Trojan_Metasploit_7bc0f998
Description:Identifies the API address lookup function leverage by metasploit shellcode
Rule name:Windows_Trojan_Metasploit_7bc0f998
Author:Elastic Security
Description:Identifies the API address lookup function leverage by metasploit shellcode
Rule name:Windows_Trojan_Metasploit_c9773203
Description:Identifies the 64 bit API hashing function used by Metasploit. This has been re-used by many other malware families.
Reference:https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/04e8752b9b74cbaad7cb0ea6129c90e3172580a2/external/source/shellcode/windows/x64/src/block/block_api.asm
Rule name:Windows_Trojan_Metasploit_c9773203
Author:Elastic Security
Description:Identifies the 64 bit API hashing function used by Metasploit. This has been re-used by many other malware families.
Reference:https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/04e8752b9b74cbaad7cb0ea6129c90e3172580a2/external/source/shellcode/windows/x64/src/block/block_api.asm
Rule name:Windows_Trojan_Metasploit_f7f826b4
Author:Elastic Security
Description:Identifies metasploit kernel->user shellcode. Likely used in ETERNALBLUE and BlueKeep exploits.

File information


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Prometei

elf 6ec4916adf65beaa26bb4944cbb4bb80cf33a716f5bcd8177750428c665cddce

(this sample)

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