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Database Entry

Prometei

Vendor detections: 7

Intelligence 7 IOCs YARA 5 File information Comments

SHA256 hash:	8bbf15df0937d196ab8cdf44461b706460e0814b2e85ac45a8531f74f84aa051
SHA3-384 hash:	d2f455656d3ad1e7f3a51e57ae4fa026f82a379f39d49fba4ac47880684c315241a0e6b279bc81f54f8e2afcc4c51abf
SHA1 hash:	42b5bc843ef47d4faa9c49ea7e9e15de821ff720
MD5 hash:	f4f3854847a8456114d0a7d8fa2c0211
humanhash:	may-william-arizona-stairway
File name:	8bbf15df0937d196ab8cdf44461b706460e0814b2e85ac45a8531f74f84aa051
Download:	download sample
Signature	Prometei Create hunting rule
File size:	449'082 bytes
First seen:	2026-10-19 16:14:59 UTC
Last seen:	Never
File type:	elf
MIME type:	application/x-executable
ssdeep	12288:Fs+/py5fM2l+M5F7TsJwtY1yvr+bT1psS+6T6NCj76tsd1:Fs6pyCC/Ya2hpi6T6N47
TLSH	T1BAA423B4F9219E9F6DD769B91B24831DE181C172589D4C2313AE94A34F3D632BF2C816
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	Rocketguy
Tags:	elf honeypot Prometei

Rocketguy

Captured by a RocketCore internet honeypot; not present in MalwareBazaar at capture time.

Intelligence

File Origin

# of uploads :

# of downloads :

Origin country :

Vendor Threat Intelligence

Details

Link:

https://research.acce.ciphertechsolutions.com/results/8ddb0704-1c2c-430e-8ce9-8bc06732f110/

Detection(s):

Unix.Trojan.Prometei-10045451-0

Result

Verdict:

Malware

Maliciousness:

Behaviour

Kills processes

Collects information on the CPU

Creating a file

Launching a process

Collects information on the OS

Changes access rights for a written file

Manages services

Writes files to system directory

Writes files to system subdirectory

Deleting of the original file

Gathering data

Status:

terminated

Link:

https://sandbox.kunai.rocks/analysis/36676ab7-a92e-444d-a2aa-8d03be42bd2d

Behavior Graph:

Download SVG

Verdict:

Suspicious

Link:

https://analyze.intezer.com/analyses/0bc4e69b-7a1a-4bb6-abbc-a01da2b0b959

Score:

100%

Verdict:

Malware

File Type:

ELF

Link:

https://malprob.io/report/8bbf15df0937d196ab8cdf44461b706460e0814b2e85ac45a8531f74f84aa051

Detection:

n/a

Link:

https://mwdb.cert.pl/sample/8bbf15df0937d196ab8cdf44461b706460e0814b2e85ac45a8531f74f84aa051/

Threat name:

Linux.Trojan.Prometei

Status:

Malicious

First seen:

2026-10-19 16:15:49 UTC

File Type:

ELF64 Little (Exe)

AV detection:

15 of 36 (41.67%)

Threat level:

5/5

Detection(s):

Suspicious file

Link:

https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=ro7rlxyjg7iznk4m35cemg3qmrqobaklf2c2yrnikmpxj6ckubiq._file

Result

Malware family:

prometei_elf

Score:

10/10

Tags:

family:prometei_elf botnet discovery linux miner persistence privilege_escalation upx

Link:

https://tria.ge/reports/261019-tqh2xabv8r/

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 the /etc/hosts DNS resolution file

Family: Prometei

Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

Threat name:

Suspicious File

Score:

0.35

Link:

https://yomi.yoroi.company/submissions/8bbf15df0937d196ab8cdf44461b706460e0814b2e85ac45a8531f74f84aa051

YARA Signatures

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Rule name:	ELF_IoT_DVR_Botnet_Hama_UPX Create hunting rule
Author:	Serhii Kocherhan
Description:	Detects packed and unpacked ELF IoT/DVR botnet variants targeting UPX compression structures and uncompressed code

Rule name:	linux_generic_ipv6_catcher Create hunting rule
Author:	@_lubiedo
Description:	ELF samples using IPv6 addresses

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:	TH_Generic_MassHunt_Linux_Malware_2026_CYFARE Create hunting rule
Author:	CYFARE
Description:	Generic Linux malware mass-hunt rule - 2026
Reference:	https://cyfare.net/

Rule name:	upx_packed_elf_v1 Create hunting rule
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 8bbf15df0937d196ab8cdf44461b706460e0814b2e85ac45a8531f74f84aa051

(this sample)

Delivery method

Distributed via web download

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