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Database Entry



CoinMiner


Vendor detections: 8


Intelligence 8 IOCs YARA 3 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 91255d6b89dfce5395cc3a5d8ac788e4560af19a25ed8292620408320d06f13e
SHA3-384 hash: e937ad320cc8c0dbc2cb997b0a15b7c5c7a29096f73e872b2d17931dfe7cbf3591c97acea3840f83b044fcfa2362ef82
SHA1 hash: 7b4f6027c2cdf73122aa013820aa1e8d9d117f48
MD5 hash: 52b33ddcfe3cd2261c1d70870dff8d75
humanhash: floor-carbon-violet-neptune
File name:x86_64
Download: download sample
Signature CoinMiner
File size:1'831'764 bytes
First seen:2025-06-24 22:03:46 UTC
Last seen:2025-06-25 11:17:32 UTC
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-sharedlib
ssdeep 24576:1wdDBhsPnz/Gbrr2NZYL6E62hKXkLdse6yc68Ur5HNet6fXvlCMiSNSGfLBls1V:1whBan7Gbupugkhvf35tet68bGfHs1V
TLSH T1548533B7C88B5E71EF1468287159614CD5C35A32E9BA177FEE13B72218EE9086373309
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 :
3
# of downloads :
104
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Creating a file
Changes the time when the file was created, accessed, or modified
Collects information on the CPU
Collects information on the RAM
Changes access rights for a written file
Kills processes
Launching a process
Runs as daemon
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 upx
Verdict:
Malicious
Uses P2P?:
false
Uses anti-vm?:
true
Architecture:
x86
Packer:
UPX
Botnet:
unknown
Number of open files:
101
Number of processes launched:
13
Processes remaning?
true
Remote TCP ports scanned:
not identified
Behaviour
Anti-VM
Process Renaming
Information Gathering
Botnet C2s
TCP botnet C2(s):
not identified
UDP botnet C2(s):
not identified
Result
Threat name:
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.spyw.evad.mine
Score:
92 / 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
Opens /sys/class/net/* files useful for querying network interface information
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
Yara detected Xmrig cryptocurrency miner
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 signatures2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1722282 Sample: x86_64.elf Startdate: 25/06/2025 Architecture: LINUX Score: 92 44 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->44 46 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->46 48 Yara detected Xmrig cryptocurrency miner 2->48 50 Sample is packed with UPX 2->50 8 x86_64.elf 2->8         started        process3 signatures4 60 Found strings related to Crypto-Mining 8->60 11 x86_64.elf 8->11         started        process5 signatures6 62 Opens /sys/class/net/* files useful for querying network interface information 11->62 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 7 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 iptables 16->32         started        38 2 other processes 16->38 34 sh iptables 18->34         started        36 sh iptables 18->36         started        40 4 other processes 20->40 file9 42 /var/spool/cron/crontabs/tmp.9pe0NU, ASCII 22->42 dropped 52 Sample tries to persist itself using cron 22->52 54 Executes the "crontab" command typically for achieving persistence 22->54 56 Executes the "iptables" command to insert, remove and/or manipulate rules 34->56 58 Tries to load the MSR kernel module used for reading/writing to CPUs model specific register 40->58 signatures10
Threat name:
Linux.Trojan.Generic
Status:
Suspicious
First seen:
2025-06-24 22:07:34 UTC
File Type:
ELF64 Little (SO)
AV detection:
17 of 24 (70.83%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:xmrig antivm discovery execution linux miner persistence privilege_escalation upx
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
Reads network interface configuration
Creates Raw socket
Unexpected DNS network traffic destination
Contacts a large (1944180) 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
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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 91255d6b89dfce5395cc3a5d8ac788e4560af19a25ed8292620408320d06f13e

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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