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Database Entry



CoinMiner


Vendor detections: 10


Intelligence 10 IOCs YARA 3 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 79e83bf4a6260efd999ce5b30f8bc46b6d4aa91a08fab81decd34a8b4663a1f2
SHA3-384 hash: 05721e4171a8e72f9f9b2cf4e7dc8526d594faba8bdcfb325898291d3d5c820e553fc9343c3d17ac126602144cfaff28
SHA1 hash: ddeab2b6688344be1b58f24372bccf64fcea1075
MD5 hash: 1af84d779e922e95e36c6faf697c09ba
humanhash: crazy-leopard-seventeen-mexico
File name:i686
Download: download sample
Signature CoinMiner
File size:1'675'384 bytes
First seen:2025-02-06 03:16:17 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-sharedlib
ssdeep 49152:MHIkA1cF1kuct1gb2Rwny8RWP32qslKIvZhbEH31TXziu:MHRFKuY6iynPdjvZhbEHVXziu
TLSH T189753340DECC2735C51E8715E01F7B9F6BA7A974E86CC819D42C2BD4902B973166A3F2
Magika elf
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:CoinMiner elf

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
143
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Runs as daemon
Changes access rights for a written file
DNS request
Launching a process
Changes the time when the file was created, accessed, or modified
Creating a file
Creates or modifies files in /cron to set up autorun
Substitutes an application name
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
miner monero packed upx xmrig
Verdict:
Malicious
Uses P2P?:
false
Uses anti-vm?:
false
Architecture:
x86
Packer:
UPX
Botnet:
unknown
Number of open files:
61
Number of processes launched:
12
Processes remaning?
true
Remote TCP ports scanned:
not identified
Behaviour
Process Renaming
Information Gathering
Botnet C2s
TCP botnet C2(s):
not identified
UDP botnet C2(s):
not identified
Result
Verdict:
SUSPICIOUS
Result
Threat name:
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.evad.mine
Score:
84 / 100
Signature
Executes the "crontab" command typically for achieving persistence
Executes the "iptables" command to insert, remove and/or manipulate rules
Found strings related to Crypto-Mining
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
Yara detected Xmrig cryptocurrency miner
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 signatures2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1607990 Sample: i686.elf Startdate: 06/02/2025 Architecture: LINUX Score: 84 37 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->37 39 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->39 41 Yara detected Xmrig cryptocurrency miner 2->41 43 Sample is packed with UPX 2->43 8 i686.elf 2->8         started        process3 signatures4 51 Found strings related to Crypto-Mining 8->51 11 i686.elf 8->11         started        process5 process6 13 i686.elf sh 11->13         started        15 i686.elf sh 11->15         started        17 i686.elf sh 11->17         started        19 5 other processes 11->19 process7 21 sh crontab 13->21         started        25 sh crontab 13->25         started        27 sh 13->27         started        29 sh iptables 15->29         started        31 sh which 17->31         started        33 sh which 19->33         started        file8 35 /var/spool/cron/crontabs/tmp.JdSXzc, ASCII 21->35 dropped 45 Sample tries to persist itself using cron 21->45 47 Executes the "crontab" command typically for achieving persistence 21->47 49 Executes the "iptables" command to insert, remove and/or manipulate rules 29->49 signatures9
Threat name:
Win32.Coinminer.XMRig
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-02-06 03:17:17 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (SO)
AV detection:
16 of 38 (42.11%)
Threat level:
  4/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  9/10
Tags:
antivm discovery execution linux persistence privilege_escalation upx
Behaviour
Enumerates kernel/hardware configuration
Reads runtime system information
Checks CPU configuration
Reads CPU attributes
Changes its process name
Checks hardware identifiers (DMI)
Creates/modifies Cron job
Enumerates running processes
Reads hardware information
Contacts a large (2501958) amount of remote hosts
Creates a large amount of network flows
Verdict:
Informative
Tags:
n/a
YARA:
n/a
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YARA Signatures


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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


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Web download

CoinMiner

elf 79e83bf4a6260efd999ce5b30f8bc46b6d4aa91a08fab81decd34a8b4663a1f2

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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