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Database Entry



Prometei


Vendor detections: 9


Intelligence 9 IOCs YARA 4 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: a5073027d44c6ce3d7b0b8b29e4cfefb509665c4c25848e75522ebd7eb17c836
SHA3-384 hash: c67626039485d8a293cd940c94ab85fd7c57c21a4fa7ba38efaa68e70656ce883c5e00f039366c470611826d895618a3
SHA1 hash: 2cfc74c230d1c370d157e651ea3066f341b0206f
MD5 hash: 3c480e63ebeb2bd7dc3846b216d34886
humanhash: ohio-robert-gee-floor
File name:a5073027d44c6ce3d7b0b8b29e4cfefb509665c4c25848e75522ebd7eb17c836
Download: download sample
Signature Prometei
File size:449'088 bytes
First seen:2026-08-04 22:07:07 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 12288:Fs+/py5fM2l+M5F7TsJwtY1yvr+bT1psS+6T6NCj76tsdk:Fs6pyCC/Ya2hpi6T6N4m
TLSH T177A423B4F9219E8F6DD769B91B24831DE182C172589D4C2313AE95E34F3D632BF2C816
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 c2hunter
Tags:elf Prometei wraith

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
89
Origin country :
US US
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Creating a file
Manages services
Kills processes
Collects information on the CPU
Launching a process
Collects information on the OS
Changes access rights for a written file
Writes files to system subdirectory
Writes files to system directory
Deleting of the original file
Verdict:
Likely Malicious
Threat level:
  7.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
packed upx
Verdict:
Malicious
Uses P2P?:
false
Uses anti-vm?:
false
Architecture:
x86
Packer:
custom
Botnet:
unknown
Number of open files:
117
Number of processes launched:
29
Processes remaning?
true
Remote TCP ports scanned:
not identified
Behaviour
Persistence
Process Renaming
Botnet C2s
TCP botnet C2(s):
not identified
UDP botnet C2(s):
not identified
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=01e9b260-1900-0000-0354-2481000a0000 pid=2560 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=4148d165-1900-0000-0354-24810b0a0000 pid=2571 /tmp/sample.bin delete-file mprotect-exec write-file guuid=01e9b260-1900-0000-0354-2481000a0000 pid=2560->guuid=4148d165-1900-0000-0354-24810b0a0000 pid=2571 execve guuid=4148d165-1900-0000-0354-24810b0a0000 pid=2631 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=4148d165-1900-0000-0354-24810b0a0000 pid=2571->guuid=4148d165-1900-0000-0354-24810b0a0000 pid=2631 clone guuid=4148d165-1900-0000-0354-24810b0a0000 pid=2632 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=4148d165-1900-0000-0354-24810b0a0000 pid=2571->guuid=4148d165-1900-0000-0354-24810b0a0000 pid=2632 clone guuid=4148d165-1900-0000-0354-24810b0a0000 pid=2650 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=4148d165-1900-0000-0354-24810b0a0000 pid=2571->guuid=4148d165-1900-0000-0354-24810b0a0000 pid=2650 clone guuid=4148d165-1900-0000-0354-24810b0a0000 pid=2651 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=4148d165-1900-0000-0354-24810b0a0000 pid=2571->guuid=4148d165-1900-0000-0354-24810b0a0000 pid=2651 clone guuid=4148d165-1900-0000-0354-24810b0a0000 pid=2763 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=4148d165-1900-0000-0354-24810b0a0000 pid=2571->guuid=4148d165-1900-0000-0354-24810b0a0000 pid=2763 clone guuid=4148d165-1900-0000-0354-24810b0a0000 pid=2764 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=4148d165-1900-0000-0354-24810b0a0000 pid=2571->guuid=4148d165-1900-0000-0354-24810b0a0000 pid=2764 clone guuid=4148d165-1900-0000-0354-24810b0a0000 pid=2891 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=4148d165-1900-0000-0354-24810b0a0000 pid=2571->guuid=4148d165-1900-0000-0354-24810b0a0000 pid=2891 clone guuid=4148d165-1900-0000-0354-24810b0a0000 pid=2901 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=4148d165-1900-0000-0354-24810b0a0000 pid=2571->guuid=4148d165-1900-0000-0354-24810b0a0000 pid=2901 clone guuid=4148d165-1900-0000-0354-24810b0a0000 pid=3051 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=4148d165-1900-0000-0354-24810b0a0000 pid=2571->guuid=4148d165-1900-0000-0354-24810b0a0000 pid=3051 clone guuid=4148d165-1900-0000-0354-24810b0a0000 pid=3052 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=4148d165-1900-0000-0354-24810b0a0000 pid=2571->guuid=4148d165-1900-0000-0354-24810b0a0000 pid=3052 clone guuid=20dc1e95-1a00-0000-0354-24812b0c0000 pid=3115 /usr/bin/dash guuid=4148d165-1900-0000-0354-24810b0a0000 pid=2571->guuid=20dc1e95-1a00-0000-0354-24812b0c0000 pid=3115 execve guuid=172ed3eb-1a00-0000-0354-2481b20c0000 pid=3250 /usr/bin/dash guuid=4148d165-1900-0000-0354-24810b0a0000 pid=2571->guuid=172ed3eb-1a00-0000-0354-2481b20c0000 pid=3250 execve guuid=5c408433-1b00-0000-0354-24813a0d0000 pid=3386 /usr/bin/dash guuid=4148d165-1900-0000-0354-24810b0a0000 pid=2571->guuid=5c408433-1b00-0000-0354-24813a0d0000 pid=3386 execve guuid=392ea490-1900-0000-0354-24814a0a0000 pid=2634 /usr/bin/dash guuid=4148d165-1900-0000-0354-24810b0a0000 pid=2632->guuid=392ea490-1900-0000-0354-24814a0a0000 pid=2634 execve guuid=60ab7991-1900-0000-0354-24814d0a0000 pid=2637 /usr/bin/pgrep guuid=392ea490-1900-0000-0354-24814a0a0000 pid=2634->guuid=60ab7991-1900-0000-0354-24814d0a0000 pid=2637 execve guuid=8a1a8d9a-1900-0000-0354-24815c0a0000 pid=2652 /usr/bin/dash guuid=4148d165-1900-0000-0354-24810b0a0000 pid=2651->guuid=8a1a8d9a-1900-0000-0354-24815c0a0000 pid=2652 execve guuid=5c3b079b-1900-0000-0354-24815e0a0000 pid=2654 /usr/bin/pgrep guuid=8a1a8d9a-1900-0000-0354-24815c0a0000 pid=2652->guuid=5c3b079b-1900-0000-0354-24815e0a0000 pid=2654 execve guuid=623b70d8-1900-0000-0354-2481cd0a0000 pid=2765 /usr/bin/dash guuid=4148d165-1900-0000-0354-24810b0a0000 pid=2764->guuid=623b70d8-1900-0000-0354-2481cd0a0000 pid=2765 execve guuid=8e20b7d8-1900-0000-0354-2481cf0a0000 pid=2767 /usr/sbin/killall5 guuid=623b70d8-1900-0000-0354-2481cd0a0000 pid=2765->guuid=8e20b7d8-1900-0000-0354-2481cf0a0000 pid=2767 execve guuid=3631181e-1a00-0000-0354-2481560b0000 pid=2902 /usr/bin/dash guuid=4148d165-1900-0000-0354-24810b0a0000 pid=2901->guuid=3631181e-1a00-0000-0354-2481560b0000 pid=2902 execve guuid=c2a3521e-1a00-0000-0354-2481580b0000 pid=2904 /usr/bin/pgrep guuid=3631181e-1a00-0000-0354-2481560b0000 pid=2902->guuid=c2a3521e-1a00-0000-0354-2481580b0000 pid=2904 execve guuid=0c533956-1a00-0000-0354-2481ee0b0000 pid=3054 /usr/bin/dash guuid=4148d165-1900-0000-0354-24810b0a0000 pid=3052->guuid=0c533956-1a00-0000-0354-2481ee0b0000 pid=3054 execve guuid=39527e56-1a00-0000-0354-2481f00b0000 pid=3056 /usr/sbin/killall5 guuid=0c533956-1a00-0000-0354-2481ee0b0000 pid=3054->guuid=39527e56-1a00-0000-0354-2481f00b0000 pid=3056 execve guuid=77376095-1a00-0000-0354-24812c0c0000 pid=3116 /usr/bin/systemctl guuid=20dc1e95-1a00-0000-0354-24812b0c0000 pid=3115->guuid=77376095-1a00-0000-0354-24812c0c0000 pid=3116 execve guuid=4bf925ec-1a00-0000-0354-2481b30c0000 pid=3251 /usr/bin/systemctl guuid=172ed3eb-1a00-0000-0354-2481b20c0000 pid=3250->guuid=4bf925ec-1a00-0000-0354-2481b30c0000 pid=3251 execve guuid=e92ec633-1b00-0000-0354-24813c0d0000 pid=3388 /usr/bin/systemctl guuid=5c408433-1b00-0000-0354-24813a0d0000 pid=3386->guuid=e92ec633-1b00-0000-0354-24813c0d0000 pid=3388 execve guuid=2fdaba13-0000-0000-0354-248101000000 pid=1 /usr/lib/systemd/systemd guuid=5d484e36-1b00-0000-0354-2481420d0000 pid=3394 /usr/sbin/uplugplay mprotect-exec guuid=2fdaba13-0000-0000-0354-248101000000 pid=1->guuid=5d484e36-1b00-0000-0354-2481420d0000 pid=3394 execve guuid=112af551-1b00-0000-0354-24816e0d0000 pid=3438 /usr/sbin/uplugplay guuid=5d484e36-1b00-0000-0354-2481420d0000 pid=3394->guuid=112af551-1b00-0000-0354-24816e0d0000 pid=3438 clone guuid=ee165852-1b00-0000-0354-24816f0d0000 pid=3439 /usr/bin/dash guuid=112af551-1b00-0000-0354-24816e0d0000 pid=3438->guuid=ee165852-1b00-0000-0354-24816f0d0000 pid=3439 execve guuid=dadc4255-1b00-0000-0354-2481700d0000 pid=3440 /usr/sbin/uplugplay dns mprotect-exec net send-data write-config guuid=ee165852-1b00-0000-0354-24816f0d0000 pid=3439->guuid=dadc4255-1b00-0000-0354-2481700d0000 pid=3440 execve 72feda4e-8ff4-5eee-be80-abecb8d0eda9 103.176.111.176:80 guuid=dadc4255-1b00-0000-0354-2481700d0000 pid=3440->72feda4e-8ff4-5eee-be80-abecb8d0eda9 send: 909B 99a07b9c-a06a-5036-a75d-39daa574df85 255.255.255.255:53 guuid=dadc4255-1b00-0000-0354-2481700d0000 pid=3440->99a07b9c-a06a-5036-a75d-39daa574df85 send: 100B 8b0a01dc-0728-52c1-8024-c4ba7801b8d6 8.8.8.8:53 guuid=dadc4255-1b00-0000-0354-2481700d0000 pid=3440->8b0a01dc-0728-52c1-8024-c4ba7801b8d6 send: 36B guuid=dadc4255-1b00-0000-0354-2481700d0000 pid=3461 /usr/sbin/uplugplay guuid=dadc4255-1b00-0000-0354-2481700d0000 pid=3440->guuid=dadc4255-1b00-0000-0354-2481700d0000 pid=3461 clone guuid=dadc4255-1b00-0000-0354-2481700d0000 pid=3490 /usr/sbin/uplugplay guuid=dadc4255-1b00-0000-0354-2481700d0000 pid=3440->guuid=dadc4255-1b00-0000-0354-2481700d0000 pid=3490 clone guuid=dadc4255-1b00-0000-0354-2481700d0000 pid=3491 /usr/sbin/uplugplay guuid=dadc4255-1b00-0000-0354-2481700d0000 pid=3440->guuid=dadc4255-1b00-0000-0354-2481700d0000 pid=3491 clone guuid=dadc4255-1b00-0000-0354-2481700d0000 pid=3524 /usr/sbin/uplugplay guuid=dadc4255-1b00-0000-0354-2481700d0000 pid=3440->guuid=dadc4255-1b00-0000-0354-2481700d0000 pid=3524 clone guuid=dadc4255-1b00-0000-0354-2481700d0000 pid=3525 /usr/sbin/uplugplay guuid=dadc4255-1b00-0000-0354-2481700d0000 pid=3440->guuid=dadc4255-1b00-0000-0354-2481700d0000 pid=3525 clone guuid=dadc4255-1b00-0000-0354-2481700d0000 pid=3533 /usr/sbin/uplugplay guuid=dadc4255-1b00-0000-0354-2481700d0000 pid=3440->guuid=dadc4255-1b00-0000-0354-2481700d0000 pid=3533 clone guuid=dadc4255-1b00-0000-0354-2481700d0000 pid=3534 /usr/sbin/uplugplay guuid=dadc4255-1b00-0000-0354-2481700d0000 pid=3440->guuid=dadc4255-1b00-0000-0354-2481700d0000 pid=3534 clone guuid=dadc4255-1b00-0000-0354-2481700d0000 pid=3535 /usr/sbin/uplugplay guuid=dadc4255-1b00-0000-0354-2481700d0000 pid=3440->guuid=dadc4255-1b00-0000-0354-2481700d0000 pid=3535 clone guuid=dadc4255-1b00-0000-0354-2481700d0000 pid=3536 /usr/sbin/uplugplay guuid=dadc4255-1b00-0000-0354-2481700d0000 pid=3440->guuid=dadc4255-1b00-0000-0354-2481700d0000 pid=3536 clone guuid=dadc4255-1b00-0000-0354-2481700d0000 pid=3544 /usr/sbin/uplugplay guuid=dadc4255-1b00-0000-0354-2481700d0000 pid=3440->guuid=dadc4255-1b00-0000-0354-2481700d0000 pid=3544 clone guuid=dadc4255-1b00-0000-0354-2481700d0000 pid=3545 /usr/sbin/uplugplay guuid=dadc4255-1b00-0000-0354-2481700d0000 pid=3440->guuid=dadc4255-1b00-0000-0354-2481700d0000 pid=3545 clone guuid=dadc4255-1b00-0000-0354-2481700d0000 pid=3547 /usr/sbin/uplugplay guuid=dadc4255-1b00-0000-0354-2481700d0000 pid=3440->guuid=dadc4255-1b00-0000-0354-2481700d0000 pid=3547 clone guuid=dadc4255-1b00-0000-0354-2481700d0000 pid=3548 /usr/sbin/uplugplay guuid=dadc4255-1b00-0000-0354-2481700d0000 pid=3440->guuid=dadc4255-1b00-0000-0354-2481700d0000 pid=3548 clone guuid=40aef78e-1b00-0000-0354-2481a50d0000 pid=3493 /usr/bin/dash guuid=dadc4255-1b00-0000-0354-2481700d0000 pid=3491->guuid=40aef78e-1b00-0000-0354-2481a50d0000 pid=3493 execve guuid=dbb6648f-1b00-0000-0354-2481a60d0000 pid=3494 /usr/bin/hostnamectl guuid=40aef78e-1b00-0000-0354-2481a50d0000 pid=3493->guuid=dbb6648f-1b00-0000-0354-2481a60d0000 pid=3494 execve guuid=68a52ba2-1b00-0000-0354-2481c60d0000 pid=3526 /usr/bin/dash guuid=dadc4255-1b00-0000-0354-2481700d0000 pid=3525->guuid=68a52ba2-1b00-0000-0354-2481c60d0000 pid=3526 execve guuid=41f66aa2-1b00-0000-0354-2481c80d0000 pid=3528 /usr/bin/hostnamectl guuid=68a52ba2-1b00-0000-0354-2481c60d0000 pid=3526->guuid=41f66aa2-1b00-0000-0354-2481c80d0000 pid=3528 execve guuid=b37626a6-1b00-0000-0354-2481d20d0000 pid=3538 /usr/bin/dash guuid=dadc4255-1b00-0000-0354-2481700d0000 pid=3535->guuid=b37626a6-1b00-0000-0354-2481d20d0000 pid=3538 execve guuid=49ced2a7-1b00-0000-0354-2481d50d0000 pid=3541 /usr/bin/dash guuid=dadc4255-1b00-0000-0354-2481700d0000 pid=3536->guuid=49ced2a7-1b00-0000-0354-2481d50d0000 pid=3541 execve guuid=ac02efa6-1b00-0000-0354-2481d30d0000 pid=3539 /usr/bin/uptime guuid=b37626a6-1b00-0000-0354-2481d20d0000 pid=3538->guuid=ac02efa6-1b00-0000-0354-2481d30d0000 pid=3539 execve guuid=c52420a8-1b00-0000-0354-2481d70d0000 pid=3543 /usr/bin/uptime guuid=49ced2a7-1b00-0000-0354-2481d50d0000 pid=3541->guuid=c52420a8-1b00-0000-0354-2481d70d0000 pid=3543 execve guuid=303b9ea8-1b00-0000-0354-2481dd0d0000 pid=3549 /usr/bin/dash guuid=dadc4255-1b00-0000-0354-2481700d0000 pid=3547->guuid=303b9ea8-1b00-0000-0354-2481dd0d0000 pid=3549 execve guuid=619526aa-1b00-0000-0354-2481e20d0000 pid=3554 /usr/bin/dash guuid=dadc4255-1b00-0000-0354-2481700d0000 pid=3548->guuid=619526aa-1b00-0000-0354-2481e20d0000 pid=3554 execve guuid=9127c4a9-1b00-0000-0354-2481e00d0000 pid=3552 /usr/bin/uname guuid=303b9ea8-1b00-0000-0354-2481dd0d0000 pid=3549->guuid=9127c4a9-1b00-0000-0354-2481e00d0000 pid=3552 execve guuid=7b4e5caa-1b00-0000-0354-2481e40d0000 pid=3556 /usr/bin/uname guuid=619526aa-1b00-0000-0354-2481e20d0000 pid=3554->guuid=7b4e5caa-1b00-0000-0354-2481e40d0000 pid=3556 execve
Threat name:
Linux.Trojan.Prometei
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-08-04 22:07:31 UTC
File Type:
ELF64 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
14 of 36 (38.89%)
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 the /etc/hosts DNS resolution file
Family: Prometei
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YARA Signatures


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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:TH_Generic_MassHunt_Linux_Malware_2026_CYFARE
Author:CYFARE
Description:Generic Linux malware mass-hunt rule - 2026
Reference:https://cyfare.net/
Rule name:upx_packed_elf_v1
Author:RandomMalware

File information


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