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Database Entry



CoinMiner


Vendor detections: 7


Intelligence 7 IOCs YARA 3 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: b158697f5166889c4793ddca63f099a332ed705e7c62c0ed795a5686e4a1bcef
SHA3-384 hash: 1cfe788395a9f6c1651166e3a821e153694095f642e3f48d344393ea4c59bc1a5ce96bac7cd937648d79b3cff06709eb
SHA1 hash: f96c6fa4cd912a021c423041102c6ddc0c816abd
MD5 hash: c2cef0a67dad217f8e5e31bb80ca447c
humanhash: tennis-jig-seven-uncle
File name:aarch64
Download: download sample
Signature CoinMiner
File size:1'514'508 bytes
First seen:2025-07-15 23:18:45 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-sharedlib
ssdeep 24576:cTBQTc57i/2+tjYpGLahF2w13hHL0+7vGdacbMJJfcQG+hUgsnUWQKmR:cTjJS1ahD31I+7vca5JlMD7Usu
TLSH T18065333B4982D86C57D17BE77DA23849C0CBBD09A54DDBD24B83BC0631CA546CE2B369
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 :
32
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
Launching a process
Changes access rights for a written file
Runs as daemon
Substitutes an application name
Creates or modifies files in /cron to set up autorun
Verdict:
Unknown
Threat level:
  0/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
packed upx
Verdict:
Malicious
Uses P2P?:
false
Uses anti-vm?:
false
Architecture:
arm
Packer:
UPX
Botnet:
unknown
Number of open files:
0
Number of processes launched:
0
Processes remaning?
false
Remote TCP ports scanned:
not identified
Behaviour
no suspicious findings
Botnet C2s
TCP botnet C2(s):
not identified
UDP botnet C2(s):
not identified
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=608a1d09-1900-0000-1549-84f0400b0000 pid=2880 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=534f450b-1900-0000-1549-84f0470b0000 pid=2887 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=608a1d09-1900-0000-1549-84f0400b0000 pid=2880->guuid=534f450b-1900-0000-1549-84f0470b0000 pid=2887 execve
Result
Threat name:
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.evad.mine
Score:
84 / 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
Sample is packed with UPX
Sample tries to persist itself using cron
Yara detected Xmrig cryptocurrency miner
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 signatures2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1737584 Sample: aarch64.elf Startdate: 16/07/2025 Architecture: LINUX Score: 84 43 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->43 45 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->45 47 Yara detected Xmrig cryptocurrency miner 2->47 49 Sample is packed with UPX 2->49 8 aarch64.elf 2->8         started        process3 signatures4 57 Found strings related to Crypto-Mining 8->57 11 aarch64.elf 8->11         started        process5 process6 13 aarch64.elf sh 11->13         started        15 aarch64.elf sh 11->15         started        17 aarch64.elf sh 11->17         started        19 aarch64.elf 11->19         started        process7 21 sh crontab 13->21         started        25 sh crontab 13->25         started        27 sh 13->27         started        29 sh iptables 15->29         started        31 sh iptables 15->31         started        39 2 other processes 15->39 33 sh iptables 17->33         started        35 sh iptables 17->35         started        37 aarch64.elf 19->37         started        file8 41 /var/spool/cron/crontabs/tmp.ZiPVmA, ASCII 21->41 dropped 51 Sample tries to persist itself using cron 21->51 53 Executes the "crontab" command typically for achieving persistence 21->53 55 Executes the "iptables" command to insert, remove and/or manipulate rules 33->55 signatures9
Threat name:
Linux.Trojan.Generic
Status:
Suspicious
First seen:
2025-07-15 23:19:15 UTC
File Type:
ELF64 Little (SO)
AV detection:
14 of 24 (58.33%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  5/10
Tags:
linux upx
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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 b158697f5166889c4793ddca63f099a332ed705e7c62c0ed795a5686e4a1bcef

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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