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Database Entry



CoinMiner


Vendor detections: 10


Intelligence 10 IOCs YARA 3 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: b6ee8e08f1d4992ca85770e6883c1d2206ebbaf42f99d99aba0e26278de8bffb
SHA3-384 hash: db37dd369bc75b98702e2da5d1fc0db9156edc0965e16f4cb4c35e2e8fcfa4e91b636dce33eb1ea3dee7b0507125ac8d
SHA1 hash: 0a5d94d0522f3446ae3e8c2b637d27ad23523ca9
MD5 hash: 12044e97b0e5eab66f16a55f24993dc2
humanhash: foxtrot-twelve-green-mountain
File name:x86_64
Download: download sample
Signature CoinMiner
File size:1'824'380 bytes
First seen:2025-03-16 00:21:31 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-sharedlib
ssdeep 49152:4+L03MeWTtd+uKtkdz4UvG/Q+g2u+kk5LMTH2QA4PL:4v3NctdemxGc21kywzhL
TLSH T18E853394F67056FABFFC4F29164A8C42F3D1A0EB0110152D41D8DC77FB19BEA9A79A02
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 :
161
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Runs as daemon
Collects information on the CPU
Collects information on the RAM
Changes access rights for a written file
Locks files
Launching a process
Changes the time when the file was created, accessed, or modified
Creating a file
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 packed upx
Verdict:
Malicious
Uses P2P?:
false
Uses anti-vm?:
true
Architecture:
x86
Packer:
UPX
Botnet:
unknown
Number of open files:
125
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
Verdict:
SUSPICIOUS
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: 1639655 Sample: x86_64.elf Startdate: 16/03/2025 Architecture: LINUX Score: 92 46 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->46 48 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->48 50 Yara detected Xmrig cryptocurrency miner 2->50 52 Sample is packed with UPX 2->52 8 dash rm x86_64.elf 2->8         started        11 dash rm 2->11         started        process3 signatures4 54 Found strings related to Crypto-Mining 8->54 13 x86_64.elf 8->13         started        process5 signatures6 64 Opens /sys/class/net/* files useful for querying network interface information 13->64 16 x86_64.elf sh 13->16         started        18 x86_64.elf sh 13->18         started        20 x86_64.elf sh 13->20         started        22 7 other processes 13->22 process7 process8 24 sh crontab 16->24         started        28 sh crontab 16->28         started        30 sh 16->30         started        32 sh iptables 18->32         started        34 sh iptables 18->34         started        40 2 other processes 18->40 36 sh iptables 20->36         started        38 sh iptables 20->38         started        42 4 other processes 22->42 file9 44 /var/spool/cron/crontabs/tmp.IN0Gyz, ASCII 24->44 dropped 56 Sample tries to persist itself using cron 24->56 58 Executes the "crontab" command typically for achieving persistence 24->58 60 Executes the "iptables" command to insert, remove and/or manipulate rules 36->60 62 Tries to load the MSR kernel module used for reading/writing to CPUs model specific register 42->62 signatures10
Threat name:
Linux.Coinminer.Generic
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-03-16 00:22:11 UTC
File Type:
ELF64 Little (SO)
AV detection:
8 of 36 (22.22%)
Threat level:
  4/5
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 (2563880) 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 b6ee8e08f1d4992ca85770e6883c1d2206ebbaf42f99d99aba0e26278de8bffb

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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