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Database Entry



Prometei


Vendor detections: 8


Intelligence 8 IOCs YARA 4 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: b79813881d0b3e3954b8613c0469899673da3acd0a7fee4979bc6384573ef175
SHA3-384 hash: 3a0b91b1b6b43222b73a32fb549b146368fe1ffc9a7604f549ec4356e3c9348aef60e5a6e0631727362070c2b2951f1d
SHA1 hash: 67a26067e4279c083c13de3315540daeca027a6a
MD5 hash: 1aa88b6b712e02e6280094296ca8ccf4
humanhash: orange-seventeen-mirror-south
File name:na
Download: download sample
Signature Prometei
File size:435'932 bytes
First seen:2025-04-21 18:37:17 UTC
Last seen:2025-04-22 09:21:09 UTC
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 6144:63fxS1fHETSACF2Gzm5DVvSHrKKRH4SCra+HWMiFbcAOXmb4Dsi6wwcitgb:25WOSACZSV6eKRH5EPiamb4DsDwwcL
TLSH T1459423F8C87D2E3098169F3CBB1A826CF0A15772D9562F6EB51AE5732179F1FAC60101
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:elf Prometei

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
2
# of downloads :
110
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Verdict:
Unknown
Threat level:
  2.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
packed packed upx
Result
Threat name:
Prometei
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Antivirus detection for dropped file
Drops files in suspicious directories
Executes the "dmidecode" command for reading DMI BIOS info like hardware or serial numbers (indicative of machine fingerprinting or VM-detection)
Found Tor onion address
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Sample deletes itself
Sample is packed with UPX
Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic
Yara detected Prometei
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1670531 Sample: na.elf Startdate: 21/04/2025 Architecture: LINUX Score: 100 77 152.36.128.18, 58304, 58306, 80 NCRENUS United States 2->77 79 109.202.202.202, 80 INIT7CH Switzerland 2->79 81 5 other IPs or domains 2->81 83 Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic 2->83 85 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->85 87 Antivirus detection for dropped file 2->87 89 4 other signatures 2->89 11 systemd uplugplay 2->11         started        13 na.elf 2->13         started        17 systemd snapd-env-generator 2->17         started        19 4 other processes 2->19 signatures3 process4 file5 21 uplugplay 11->21         started        73 /usr/sbin/uplugplay, ELF 13->73 dropped 93 Found Tor onion address 13->93 95 Drops files in suspicious directories 13->95 97 Sample deletes itself 13->97 23 na.elf sh 13->23         started        25 na.elf sh 13->25         started        27 na.elf sh 13->27         started        29 4 other processes 13->29 signatures6 process7 process8 31 uplugplay sh 21->31         started        33 sh pgrep 23->33         started        35 sh pidof 25->35         started        37 sh pgrep 27->37         started        39 sh pgrep 29->39         started        41 sh systemctl 29->41         started        43 sh systemctl 29->43         started        45 sh systemctl 29->45         started        process9 47 sh uplugplay 31->47         started        file10 75 /etc/CommId, ASCII 47->75 dropped 50 uplugplay sh 47->50         started        52 uplugplay sh 47->52         started        54 uplugplay sh 47->54         started        56 5 other processes 47->56 process11 process12 58 sh dmidecode 50->58         started        61 sh dmidecode 52->61         started        63 sh hostnamectl 54->63         started        65 sh hostnamectl 56->65         started        67 sh uptime 56->67         started        69 sh uname 56->69         started        71 2 other processes 56->71 signatures13 91 Executes the "dmidecode" command for reading DMI BIOS info like hardware or serial numbers (indicative of machine fingerprinting or VM-detection) 58->91
Threat name:
Linux.Trojan.Generic
Status:
Suspicious
First seen:
2025-04-21 18:38:11 UTC
File Type:
ELF64 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
22 of 38 (57.89%)
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 hosts file
Prometei
Prometei_elf family
Verdict:
Informative
Tags:
n/a
YARA:
n/a
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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: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


The table below shows additional information about this malware sample such as delivery method and external references.

Web download

Prometei

elf b79813881d0b3e3954b8613c0469899673da3acd0a7fee4979bc6384573ef175

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

BLint


The following table provides more information about this file using BLint. BLint is a Binary Linter to check the security properties, and capabilities in executables.

Findings
IDTitleSeverity
CHECK_PIEMissing Position-Independent Executable (PIE) Protectionhigh

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