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Database Entry


CoinMiner


Vendor detections: 9


Intelligence 9 IOCs YARA 3 File information Comments
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SHA256 hash: 8829ea6136bda1d1d6ef5cae7202fb6d090541c59ef7cb55ff13445ac2ca2919
SHA3-384 hash: 05565461b0b7adc7837be5483466882fde43819badb43798952f6ec14044c0fa7fd5921e96d703395675de4556fb72b7
SHA1 hash: 8bc9653747bcc8351f46cbc03d65486627f6e22d
MD5 hash: fd5033aea15d943f755abab75938028a
humanhash: speaker-crazy-magazine-skylark
File name:x86_64
Download: download sample
Signature CoinMiner
Create hunting rule
File size:1'726'424 bytes
First seen:2025-02-23 00:16:41 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-sharedlib
ssdeep 24576:jDSBL97nzuhV4PGgStG1mDS+H817gqvqvcQqGlBxeim8H0jF7CyihCXhAkB56omS:fS9N0t5e+H4jviFTlBgJR7FiIhnBYK
TLSH T1838533B9C80E280C959E9C651EB79AFD9C327455F6CE42090A3C17B18CE788E1DE5EF1
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 :
63
Origin country :
US US
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Verdict:
Clean
Score:
89.3%
Link:
https://cyber-fortress.com/docs/result/index.php?id=67ba691128ab76d43a5c6d15linux22vpnfull_triage
Tags:
n/a
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Launching a process
Locks files
Creating a file
Runs as daemon
DNS request
Collects information on the RAM
Changes access rights for a written file
Changes the time when the file was created, accessed, or modified
Collects information on the CPU
Creates or modifies files in /cron to set up autorun
Substitutes an application name
Verdict:
Unknown
Threat level:
  2.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
packed packed upx
Link:
https://www.filescan.io/uploads/67ba690f60f4b4f0724af671/reports/19a8cdf1-92cd-43dd-a4f5-00d0e5af69a4/overview
Verdict:
Malicious
Uses P2P?:
false
Uses anti-vm?:
true
Architecture:
x86
Packer:
UPX
Botnet:
unknown
Number of open files:
125
Number of processes launched:
12
Processes remaning?
true
Remote TCP ports scanned:
not identified
Full report:
https://elfdigest.com/brief/8829ea6136bda1d1d6ef5cae7202fb6d090541c59ef7cb55ff13445ac2ca2919
Behaviour
Anti-VM
Process Renaming
Information Gathering
Botnet C2s
TCP botnet C2(s):
not identified
UDP botnet C2(s):
not identified
Result
Verdict:
SUSPICIOUS
Verdict:
Suspicious
Link:
https://analyze.intezer.com/analyses/a44adef8-1d6a-462f-a7f2-95d4db926fd4
Result
Threat name:
Xmrig
Create hunting rule
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.evad.mine
Score:
92 / 100
Link:
https://www.joesandbox.com/analysis/1621981
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
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:
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behaviorgraph top1 signatures2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1621981 Sample: x86_64.elf Startdate: 23/02/2025 Architecture: LINUX Score: 92 40 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->40 42 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->42 44 Yara detected Xmrig cryptocurrency miner 2->44 46 Sample is packed with UPX 2->46 8 dash rm x86_64.elf 2->8         started        process3 signatures4 56 Found strings related to Crypto-Mining 8->56 11 x86_64.elf 8->11         started        process5 signatures6 58 Writes to CPU model specific registers (MSR) (e.g. miners improve performance by disabling HW prefetcher) 11->58 14 x86_64.elf sh 11->14         started        16 x86_64.elf sh 11->16         started        18 x86_64.elf sh 11->18         started        20 6 other processes 11->20 process7 process8 22 sh crontab 14->22         started        26 sh crontab 14->26         started        28 sh 14->28         started        30 sh iptables 16->30         started        32 sh modprobe 18->32         started        34 sh which 20->34         started        36 sh which 20->36         started        file9 38 /var/spool/cron/crontabs/tmp.KOjOVl, ASCII 22->38 dropped 48 Sample tries to persist itself using cron 22->48 50 Executes the "crontab" command typically for achieving persistence 22->50 52 Executes the "iptables" command to insert, remove and/or manipulate rules 30->52 54 Tries to load the MSR kernel module used for reading/writing to CPUs model specific register 32->54 signatures10
Score:
100%
Verdict:
Malware
File Type:
ELF
Link:
https://malprob.io/report/8829ea6136bda1d1d6ef5cae7202fb6d090541c59ef7cb55ff13445ac2ca2919
Detection:
n/a
Link:
https://mwdb.cert.pl/sample/8829ea6136bda1d1d6ef5cae7202fb6d090541c59ef7cb55ff13445ac2ca2919/
Threat name:
Linux.Coinminer.Generic
Create hunting rule
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-02-23 00:17:12 UTC
File Type:
ELF64 Little (SO)
AV detection:
8 of 38 (21.05%)
Threat level:
  4/5
Detection(s):
Suspicious file
Link:
https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=rau6uyjwxwq5dvxplsxheax3nueqkqoft334wvp7cncfvqwkfemq._file
Result
Malware family:
xmrig
Create hunting rule
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:xmrig antivm discovery execution linux miner persistence privilege_escalation upx
Link:
https://tria.ge/reports/250223-ak5h6stqy9/
Behaviour
Enumerates kernel/hardware configuration
Reads runtime system information
Changes its process name
Checks CPU configuration
Reads CPU attributes
Checks hardware identifiers (DMI)
Creates/modifies Cron job
Enumerates running processes
Reads hardware information
Unexpected DNS network traffic destination
Contacts a large (2244416) amount of remote hosts
Creates a large amount of network flows
XMRig Miner payload
Xmrig family
xmrig
Verdict:
Informative
Tags:
n/a
YARA:
n/a
Link:
https://app.threat.zone/submission/d1d5c9b9-519a-40f3-887a-8cf925aaf36c
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YARA Signatures

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Rule name:SUSP_ELF_LNX_UPX_Compressed_File
Create hunting rule
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
Create hunting rule
Author:XiAnzheng
Description:Check for Overlay, Obfuscating, Encrypting, Spoofing, Hiding, or Entropy Technique(can create FP)
Rule name:upx_packed_elf_v1
Create hunting rule
Author:RandomMalware

File information

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Web download

CoinMiner

elf 8829ea6136bda1d1d6ef5cae7202fb6d090541c59ef7cb55ff13445ac2ca2919

(this sample)

  
URLhaus
https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/url/3138428/
  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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