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Database Entry

Kinsing

Vendor detections: 8

Intelligence 8 IOCs YARA 3 File information Comments

SHA256 hash:	c0acade112fbda25dbbc1d3b2acf5fd64fededb9672feb9013ab5664c00c7081
SHA3-384 hash:	e7b4ed9a15f31147f63f9a1ba074ae16d925c1222011587b603b11604d3bcab92bd1dac1cb5a84629b366f875e75c177
SHA1 hash:	b98433b0105ad0ed0260b4d25286e19e96554cc8
MD5 hash:	723da73ae157ea1a875362c8dddca2d7
humanhash:	early-crazy-sierra-quiet
File name:	k.sh
Download:	download sample
Signature	Kinsing Create hunting rule
File size:	36'548 bytes
First seen:	2025-05-09 12:19:59 UTC
Last seen:	Never
File type:	sh
MIME type:	text/x-shellscript
ssdeep	768:b87mzQ5VFNcDAFLcIwgnoYq0xFBWytTEuv:bOVF+D6cIwgostRv
TLSH	T1A9F2264D9072ECB52D65C866DEE1322DB0BEF088C5F37B88AE213D3C55A4105FA715AE
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://update.aegis.aliyun.com/download/uninstall.sh	n/a	n/a	ascii
http://update.aegis.aliyun.com/download/quartz_uninstall.sh	n/a	n/a	sh

Intelligence

File Origin

# of uploads :

# of downloads :

Origin country :

Vendor Threat Intelligence

Detection(s):

Unix.Downloader.Rocke-6826000-0

Txt.Malware.Sustes-6779550-1

Verdict:

Malicious

Score:

98.2%

Link:

https://cyber-fortress.com/docs/result/index.php?id=681df4bae16384d6a7034143linux22vpnfull_triage

Tags:

virus

Verdict:

Malicious

Threat level:

10/10

Confidence:

100%

Link:

https://www.filescan.io/uploads/681df343d95f3e34e965225f/reports/daf50216-a02f-4261-9eef-4b0b018b0e92/overview

Score:

70%

Verdict:

Malware

File Type:

SCRIPT

Link:

https://malprob.io/report/c0acade112fbda25dbbc1d3b2acf5fd64fededb9672feb9013ab5664c00c7081

Detection:

n/a

Link:

https://mwdb.cert.pl/sample/c0acade112fbda25dbbc1d3b2acf5fd64fededb9672feb9013ab5664c00c7081/

Threat name:

Linux.Trojan.Black

Status:

Malicious

First seen:

2025-05-09 12:21:38 UTC

File Type:

Text (Shell)

AV detection:

27 of 37 (72.97%)

Threat level:

5/5

Detection(s):

Suspicious file

Link:

https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=ycwk3yis7pnclw54du5svt272zh633nzm4x6xeatvnlgjqamocaq._file

Result

Malware family:

xmrig_linux

Score:

10/10

Tags:

family:kinsing family:xmrig family:xmrig_linux antivm defense_evasion discovery execution linux loader miner persistence privilege_escalation rootkit upx

Link:

https://tria.ge/reports/250509-pjghaadp9t/

Behaviour

Enumerates kernel/hardware configuration

Process Discovery

Reads runtime system information

System Network Configuration Discovery

Writes file to tmp directory

Changes its process name

Checks CPU configuration

Reads CPU attributes

UPX packed file

Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism: Sudo and Sudo Caching

Attempts to change immutable files

Checks hardware identifiers (DMI)

Creates/modifies Cron job

Disables AppArmor

Disables SELinux

Enumerates running processes

Reads hardware information

Reads list of loaded kernel modules

File and Directory Permissions Modification

Deletes system logs

Executes dropped EXE

Flushes firewall rules

Loads a kernel module

XMRig Miner payload

Kinsing

Kinsing family

Kinsing payload

Xmrig family

Xmrig_linux family

xmrig

Malware family:

H2Miner

Verdict:

Malicious

Link:

https://www.vmray.com/analyses/_mb/c0acade112fb/report/overview.html

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YARA Signatures

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Rule name:	Linux_Trojan_Kinsing_2c1ffe78 Create hunting rule
Author:	Elastic Security

Rule name:	Linux_Trojan_Kinsing_7cdbe9fa 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/