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Database Entry

Kinsing

Vendor detections: 10

Intelligence 10 IOCs YARA 2 File information Comments

SHA256 hash:	afc7822d9e561982f5ed22faf76b35ad4b432eaa6cac0cd0fcafc9e67314a8fd
SHA3-384 hash:	a7eaf4a249e7b83fcf52c687f0029203cec4910c789859c61269883e463c5cba259bf330a5e4b0e43b88be6183a06596
SHA1 hash:	53a1aed3075140e6bc568f093b1f5a151ecc7dc9
MD5 hash:	ad2bc23775f70f5dcc25c8d33bb368b6
humanhash:	mountain-shade-mockingbird-foxtrot
File name:	re.sh
Download:	download sample
Signature	Kinsing Create hunting rule
File size:	17'573 bytes
First seen:	2026-03-26 23:05:10 UTC
Last seen:	Never
File type:	sh
MIME type:	text/x-shellscript
ssdeep	384:rQ+ihlH2wx2vUaQa5/eN86704s80ooJQYgykWT4yCtvUsDjdWOoJwNX:Ma7YJDj8OoJwNX
TLSH	T16A82128DB011ED742A5DC4B59CE2287D602BA00A4D623F10B45C7E786B9DA05F7B9BFC
TrID	70.0% (.SH) Linux/UNIX shell script (7000/1) 30.0% (.) Unix-like shebang (var.3) (gen) (3000/1)
Magika	shell
Reporter	abuse_ch
Tags:	Kinsing sh

Shell script dropper

This file seems to be a shell script dropper, using wget, ftpget and/or curl. More information about the corresponding payload URLs are shown below.

URL	Malware sample (SHA256 hash)	Signature	Tags
http://78.153.140.16/curl-amd64	6b9e23cb675be370a18a0c4482dc566be28920d4f1cd8ba6b4527f80acf978d3	Kinsing	elf kinsing ua-wget
http://78.153.140.16/curl-aarch64	n/a	n/a	elf kinsing ua-wget

Intelligence

File Origin

# of uploads :

# of downloads :

Origin country :

Vendor Threat Intelligence

No detections

Detection(s):

YARA.SIGNATURE_BASE_MAL_Payload_F5_BIG_IP_Exploitations_Jul20_1.UNOFFICIAL

Txt.Malware.Sustes-6779550-1

Verdict:

Malicious

Threat level:

10/10

Confidence:

100%

Tags:

bash coinminer kinsing lolbin miner payload sustes

Link:

https://www.filescan.io/uploads/69c5bbb900ad363694067434/reports/305d17e1-3816-4c9a-972b-3c67d3ffe37c/overview

Verdict:

Malicious

File Type:

unix shell

First seen:

2026-03-26T08:06:00Z UTC

Last seen:

2026-03-27T00:45:00Z UTC

Hits:

~10

Detections:

HEUR:Trojan-Downloader.Shell.Miner.gen

Link:

https://opentip.kaspersky.com/afc7822d9e561982f5ed22faf76b35ad4b432eaa6cac0cd0fcafc9e67314a8fd/results?tab=lookup

Status:

Failed

Link:

https://sandbox.kunai.rocks/analysis/11ac7ee1-9f3d-46f2-95ce-ce2b9b48c663

Score:

77%

Verdict:

Malware

File Type:

SCRIPT

Link:

https://malprob.io/report/afc7822d9e561982f5ed22faf76b35ad4b432eaa6cac0cd0fcafc9e67314a8fd

Detection:

n/a

Link:

https://mwdb.cert.pl/sample/afc7822d9e561982f5ed22faf76b35ad4b432eaa6cac0cd0fcafc9e67314a8fd/

Verdict:

Malicious

Threat:

Family.KINSING

Link:

https://tip.neiki.dev/file/afc7822d9e561982f5ed22faf76b35ad4b432eaa6cac0cd0fcafc9e67314a8fd

Threat name:

Linux.Exploit.CVE-2020-7961

Status:

Malicious

First seen:

2026-03-26 13:20:43 UTC

File Type:

Text (Shell)

AV detection:

17 of 24 (70.83%)

Threat level:

5/5

Detection(s):

Suspicious file

Link:

https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=v7dyelm6kymyf5pnel5po2zvvvfuglvknswazuh4v7e6m4yuvd6q._file

Result

Malware family:

kinsing_rootkit

Score:

10/10

Tags:

family:kinsing family:kinsing_rootkit antivm defense_evasion discovery exection execution linux loader persistence privilege_escalation rootkit

Link:

https://tria.ge/reports/260326-2228xsfw6j/

Behaviour

Enumerates kernel/hardware configuration

Process Discovery

Reads runtime system information

System Network Configuration Discovery

Writes file to tmp directory

Checks CPU configuration

Reads CPU attributes

Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism: Sudo and Sudo Caching

Attempts to change immutable files

Creates/modifies Cron job

Enumerates running processes

Modifies systemd

Reads list of loaded kernel modules

File and Directory Permissions Modification

Executes dropped EXE

Flushes firewall rules

Loads a kernel module

Modifies the dynamic linker configuration file

Kinsing

Kinsing Rootkit

Kinsing Rootkit payload

Kinsing family

Kinsing payload

Kinsing_rootkit family

Malware family:

H2Miner

Verdict:

Malicious

Link:

https://www.vmray.com/analyses/_mb/afc7822d9e56/report/overview.html

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

Threat name:

Malicious File

Score:

1.00

Link:

https://yomi.yoroi.company/submissions/afc7822d9e561982f5ed22faf76b35ad4b432eaa6cac0cd0fcafc9e67314a8fd

YARA Signatures

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Rule name:	Linux_Trojan_Kinsing_2c1ffe78 Create hunting rule
Author:	Elastic Security

Rule name:	MAL_Payload_F5_BIG_IP_Exploitations_Jul20_1 Create hunting rule
Author:	Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Description:	Detects code found in report on exploits against CVE-2020-5902 F5 BIG-IP vulnerability by NCC group
Reference:	https://research.nccgroup.com/2020/07/05/rift-f5-networks-k52145254-tmui-rce-vulnerability-cve-2020-5902-intelligence/