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Database Entry



Prometei


Vendor detections: 9


Intelligence 9 IOCs YARA 4 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 7d9c86be6e86409a61d1e18a26946e8548087b70729b5a468b95ee02093e0a94
SHA3-384 hash: 1ad4f69017e01ab8abe51dba58dd36c9b41a6a9af3479ae35271d891987b07599096ec09f3791bfd6cbecc8441b2d38d
SHA1 hash: 34bab86e69e722f902971b0a18d266ace2d8d0dc
MD5 hash: 22e3b4b5b1e57c3954ec66148cb24a1c
humanhash: venus-mango-sad-hawaii
File name:na
Download: download sample
Signature Prometei
File size:435'932 bytes
First seen:2025-05-13 05:27:18 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 6144:63fxS1fHETSACF2Gzm5DVvSHrKKRH4SCra+HWMiFbcAOXmb4Dsi6wwcitgt:25WOSACZSV6eKRH5EPiamb4DsDwwc9
TLSH T13E9423F8C87D2E3098169B3CBB1A826CF0A15772D9562F6EB51AF5732179F1FAC60101
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 :
93
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Launching a process
Manages services
Creating a file
Changes access rights for a written file
Kills processes
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:
30
Processes remaning?
false
Remote TCP ports scanned:
not identified
Behaviour
Persistence
Botnet C2s
TCP botnet C2(s):
not identified
UDP botnet C2(s):
not identified
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
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: 1688580 Sample: na.elf Startdate: 13/05/2025 Architecture: LINUX Score: 100 74 152.36.128.18, 58308, 58310, 80 NCRENUS United States 2->74 76 109.202.202.202, 80 INIT7CH Switzerland 2->76 78 2 other IPs or domains 2->78 80 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->80 82 Antivirus detection for dropped file 2->82 84 Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample 2->84 86 3 other signatures 2->86 11 na.elf 2->11         started        15 systemd uplugplay 2->15         started        17 systemd snapd-env-generator 2->17         started        19 2 other processes 2->19 signatures3 process4 file5 70 /usr/sbin/uplugplay, ELF 11->70 dropped 88 Found Tor onion address 11->88 90 Drops files in suspicious directories 11->90 92 Sample deletes itself 11->92 21 na.elf sh 11->21         started        23 na.elf sh 11->23         started        25 na.elf sh 11->25         started        29 5 other processes 11->29 27 uplugplay 15->27         started        signatures6 process7 process8 31 sh pgrep 21->31         started        33 sh pgrep 23->33         started        35 sh pidof 25->35         started        37 uplugplay sh 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 37->47         started        file10 72 /etc/CommId, ASCII 47->72 dropped 50 uplugplay sh 47->50         started        52 uplugplay sh 47->52         started        54 uplugplay sh 47->54         started        56 3 other processes 47->56 process11 process12 58 sh hostnamectl 50->58         started        60 sh uptime 52->60         started        62 sh uname 54->62         started        64 sh hostnamectl 56->64         started        66 sh uptime 56->66         started        68 sh uname 56->68         started       
Threat name:
Linux.Trojan.Generic
Status:
Suspicious
First seen:
2025-05-13 05:28:24 UTC
File Type:
ELF64 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
22 of 36 (61.11%)
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 7d9c86be6e86409a61d1e18a26946e8548087b70729b5a468b95ee02093e0a94

(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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