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Database Entry
CoinMiner
Vendor detections: 9
| SHA256 hash: | 71223c24385de60d8215fdfa51c48f62ea8018f24892cedbe012a0149d388db6 |
|---|---|
| SHA3-384 hash: | e253626184af1572de1703bc7ebdc4469bd0eee68c090d89605c517700ffab9a3ab77d7bc152a4e0b6c6f5f4d2cfaeaa |
| SHA1 hash: | 59f1008e121c4b61d37dc9a2c6ea5f58418f02e2 |
| MD5 hash: | 82000f585ef7aa261b6dde9001dd7fc1 |
| humanhash: | sierra-uranus-freddie-table |
| File name: | x |
| Download: | download sample |
| Signature | CoinMiner |
| File size: | 3'039'976 bytes |
| First seen: | 2026-01-02 22:50:13 UTC |
| Last seen: | Never |
| File type: | elf |
| MIME type: | application/x-sharedlib |
| ssdeep | 49152:WHDn0iweGDmCrFlnaAQZGwmHzqq+7ila13Xg1HMLg6IqomfJC1XxHAc+1bq7Hreh:WH70zeGDZr9QZGwm9++l4kur1pqHGssL |
| TLSH | T1CDE55B5BB5A354BDC1AAC834475FC9B3B920785942253A7B32C5AB302B33E604F5DFA1 |
| 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: | CoinMiner elf |
Intelligence
File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
40
Origin country :
DEVendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
coinminer gcc miner monero pup xmrig
Verdict:
Adware
File Type:
elf.64.le
First seen:
2025-12-25T00:08:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-01-04T02:37:00Z UTC
Hits:
~100
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
Verdict:
Suspicious
Result
Threat name:
Xmrig
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.mine
Score:
84 / 100
Signature
Detected Stratum mining protocol
Found strings related to Crypto-Mining
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Sample tries to persist itself using cron
Tries to load the MSR kernel module used for reading/writing to CPUs model specific register
Writes to CPU model specific registers (MSR) (e.g. miners improve performance by disabling HW prefetcher)
Yara detected Xmrig cryptocurrency miner
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
Score:
100%
Verdict:
Malware
File Type:
ELF
Threat name:
Linux.Coinminer.XMRig
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-12-25 10:32:43 UTC
File Type:
ELF64 Little (SO)
AV detection:
17 of 36 (47.22%)
Threat level:
4/5
Detection(s):
Suspicious file
Result
Malware family:
xmrig
Score:
10/10
Tags:
family:xmrig discovery execution linux miner persistence privilege_escalation
Behaviour
Enumerates kernel/hardware configuration
Reads runtime system information
Writes file to tmp directory
Changes its process name
Creates/modifies Cron job
Modifies systemd
Verdict:
Unknown
Tags:
cryptojacking coinminer xmrig
YARA:
CoinMiner_Strings PUA_Crypto_Mining_CommandLine_Indicators_Oct21 XMRIG_Monero_Miner
Malware family:
XMRig
Verdict:
Malicious
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.
Threat name:
Legit
Score:
0.00
YARA Signatures
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| Rule name: | CoinMiner_Strings |
|---|---|
| Author: | Florian Roth (Nextron Systems) |
| Description: | Detects mining pool protocol string in Executable |
| Reference: | https://minergate.com/faq/what-pool-address |
| Rule name: | enterpriseapps2 |
|---|---|
| Author: | Tim Brown @timb_machine |
| Description: | Enterprise apps |
| Rule name: | Linux_Trojan_Pornoasset_927f314f |
|---|---|
| Author: | Elastic Security |
| Rule name: | PUA_Crypto_Mining_CommandLine_Indicators_Oct21 |
|---|---|
| Author: | Florian Roth (Nextron Systems) |
| Description: | Detects command line parameters often used by crypto mining software |
| Reference: | https://www.poolwatch.io/coin/monero |
| Rule name: | unixredflags3 |
|---|---|
| Author: | Tim Brown @timb_machine |
| Description: | Hunts for UNIX red flags |
| Rule name: | XMRIG_Monero_Miner |
|---|---|
| Author: | Florian Roth (Nextron Systems) |
| Description: | Detects Monero mining software |
| Reference: | https://github.com/xmrig/xmrig/releases |
| Rule name: | xmrig_v1 |
|---|---|
| Author: | RandomMalware |
File information
The table below shows additional information about this malware sample such as delivery method and external references.
Web download
Delivery method
Distributed via web download
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