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Database Entry



Threat unknown


Vendor detections: 5


Intelligence 5 IOCs YARA 2 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: b91e8bad35786f3033407ca9c673d693900928b008d8a0037d4e20571285a055
SHA3-384 hash: b60f43fecc26106aaa672d9aa75122028bd9ce66ce3975757251439f6ce920255d6a0e4d74e2d2f441639eeea2354b11
SHA1 hash: c4b99c9c276aa033b22b272da753c2c2ad276fe5
MD5 hash: 92607dc640817c603ec000ed1ee8294d
humanhash: moon-green-king-chicken
File name:vsxv
Download: download sample
File size:101'364 bytes
First seen:2026-07-22 15:00:49 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 1536:wW0A0XxJLY3XMbmOnLXEH60wAzFHsupusglFpApU20S0Q201PtagRZE:w2SLkkmOnLXz0HzFM3NQ
TLSH T124A3FA0ABF611DBBD81BDD3749E80B0638CCA61771693B753534D828FA4A90B4AD3CB5
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

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
93
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Manages services
Launching a process
Creating a file
Sends data to a server
Collects information on the RAM
Connection attempt
Receives data from a server
Kills processes
Sets a written file as executable
Runs as daemon
Deleting a recently created file
Collects information on the CPU
Deletes a system binary file
Writes symbolic links to system directory
Creates or modifies files in /cron to set up autorun
Creates or modifies files in /init.d to set up autorun
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=2e361d64-1c00-0000-d2e2-218414060000 pid=1556 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=d4034167-1c00-0000-d2e2-21841b060000 pid=1563 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=2e361d64-1c00-0000-d2e2-218414060000 pid=1556->guuid=d4034167-1c00-0000-d2e2-21841b060000 pid=1563 execve
Result
Threat name:
Generic IoTBotnet
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj
Score:
68 / 100
Signature
Protects files from modification
Sample reads /proc/mounts (often used for finding a writable filesystem)
Sample tries to persist itself using cron
Sample tries to persist itself using System V runlevels
Sample tries to set files in /etc globally writable
Yara detected Generic IoTBotnet
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1946649 Sample: vsxv.elf Startdate: 22/07/2026 Architecture: LINUX Score: 68 43 5.231.70.61, 36120, 7213 DATAFORESTDE Germany 2->43 45 Yara detected Generic IoTBotnet 2->45 10 vsxv.elf 2->10         started        12 systemd snapd-env-generator 2->12         started        14 systemd snapd-env-generator 2->14         started        16 2 other processes 2->16 signatures3 process4 process5 18 vsxv.elf 10->18         started        process6 20 vsxv.elf 18->20         started        signatures7 47 Sample tries to persist itself using cron 20->47 49 Sample tries to persist itself using System V runlevels 20->49 23 vsxv.elf 20->23         started        27 vsxv.elf chattr 20->27         started        29 vsxv.elf chattr 20->29         started        31 28 other processes 20->31 process8 file9 37 /etc/rc.local, POSIX 23->37 dropped 39 /etc/crontab, ASCII 23->39 dropped 41 /etc/cron.d/crond, ASCII 23->41 dropped 51 Sample tries to set files in /etc globally writable 23->51 53 Sample reads /proc/mounts (often used for finding a writable filesystem) 23->53 55 Sample tries to persist itself using cron 23->55 57 Sample tries to persist itself using System V runlevels 23->57 33 vsxv.elf systemctl 23->33         started        35 vsxv.elf systemctl 23->35         started        59 Protects files from modification 27->59 signatures10 process11
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  6/10
Tags:
antivm discovery execution persistence privilege_escalation
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
Checks CPU configuration
Creates/modifies Cron job
Enumerates running processes
Modifies rc script
Modifies systemd
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YARA Signatures


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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:unixredflags3
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for UNIX red flags

File information


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Web download

elf b91e8bad35786f3033407ca9c673d693900928b008d8a0037d4e20571285a055

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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