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CoinMiner


Vendor detections: 9


Intelligence 9 IOCs YARA 3 File information Comments
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SHA256 hash: c3a7c7ca980033664826b402c1aa85293547ae30a788286ad68aa4ad7d406e2b
SHA3-384 hash: 690dbbf4095d50de92ac1edf42692087aba57ba3e860ae2b46ffc20026cbf9a9e3ce2524354437e690ad62a98ce0792e
SHA1 hash: 4701d0bd6b2685d60d0881597f0d3ac0a261c0d4
MD5 hash: 5ac4782f8b8b0614793765eecf2a38a2
humanhash: one-carbon-maine-crazy
File name:x86_64
Download: download sample
Signature CoinMiner
Create hunting rule
File size:1'825'596 bytes
First seen:2025-02-23 22:07:41 UTC
Last seen:2025-06-02 12:43:05 UTC
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-sharedlib
ssdeep 49152:7TDJI+G0bruN+pYZcST0qjleMKUlL4Im/8PoQ4L:FiorhpYa1qjleW94ImkQr
TLSH T1E3853373D2F986C5C4939DFC2A29530A3C85252F1B3959098C56CEE181AEF9F1933A4F
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 :
2
# of downloads :
48
Origin country :
US US
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Verdict:
Clean
Score:
89.3%
Link:
https://cyber-fortress.com/docs/result/index.php?id=67bb9c4e28ab76d43a5cc967linux22vpnfull_triage
Tags:
n/a
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Changes access rights for a written file
Collects information on the RAM
Changes the time when the file was created, accessed, or modified
Launching a process
Kills processes
Creating a file
Runs as daemon
Collects information on the CPU
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
Link:
https://www.filescan.io/uploads/67bb9c4ff8ac7ec59ae45267/reports/b1252045-f809-4d9c-8ef6-f9b742a84913/overview
Verdict:
Malicious
Uses P2P?:
false
Uses anti-vm?:
true
Architecture:
x86
Packer:
UPX
Botnet:
unknown
Number of open files:
126
Number of processes launched:
12
Processes remaning?
true
Remote TCP ports scanned:
not identified
Full report:
https://elfdigest.com/brief/c3a7c7ca980033664826b402c1aa85293547ae30a788286ad68aa4ad7d406e2b
Behaviour
Anti-VM
Process Renaming
Information Gathering
Botnet C2s
TCP botnet C2(s):
not identified
UDP botnet C2(s):
not identified
Result
Verdict:
SUSPICIOUS
Verdict:
Suspicious
Link:
https://analyze.intezer.com/analyses/146ae154-dfa0-4855-91da-1d420e1210c3
Result
Threat name:
Xmrig
Create hunting rule
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.spyw.evad.mine
Score:
100 / 100
Link:
https://www.joesandbox.com/analysis/1622401
Signature
Deletes all firewall rules
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
Writes to CPU model specific registers (MSR) (e.g. miners improve performance by disabling HW prefetcher)
Yara detected Xmrig cryptocurrency miner
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
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behaviorgraph top1 signatures2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1622401 Sample: x86_64.elf Startdate: 23/02/2025 Architecture: LINUX Score: 100 42 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->42 44 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->44 46 Yara detected Xmrig cryptocurrency miner 2->46 48 Sample is packed with UPX 2->48 8 x86_64.elf 2->8         started        process3 signatures4 60 Found strings related to Crypto-Mining 8->60 11 x86_64.elf 8->11         started        process5 signatures6 62 Writes to CPU model specific registers (MSR) (e.g. miners improve performance by disabling HW prefetcher) 11->62 64 Opens /sys/class/net/* files useful for querying network interface information 11->64 14 x86_64.elf sh 11->14         started        16 x86_64.elf sh 11->16         started        18 x86_64.elf sh 11->18         started        20 6 other processes 11->20 process7 process8 22 sh crontab 14->22         started        26 sh crontab 14->26         started        28 sh 14->28         started        30 sh iptables 16->30         started        32 sh iptables 16->32         started        34 sh modprobe 18->34         started        36 sh which 20->36         started        38 sh which 20->38         started        file9 40 /var/spool/cron/crontabs/tmp.jKZ1Xa, ASCII 22->40 dropped 50 Sample tries to persist itself using cron 22->50 52 Executes the "crontab" command typically for achieving persistence 22->52 54 Deletes all firewall rules 30->54 56 Executes the "iptables" command to insert, remove and/or manipulate rules 32->56 58 Tries to load the MSR kernel module used for reading/writing to CPUs model specific register 34->58 signatures10
Score:
100%
Verdict:
Malware
File Type:
ELF
Link:
https://malprob.io/report/c3a7c7ca980033664826b402c1aa85293547ae30a788286ad68aa4ad7d406e2b
Detection:
n/a
Link:
https://mwdb.cert.pl/sample/c3a7c7ca980033664826b402c1aa85293547ae30a788286ad68aa4ad7d406e2b/
Threat name:
Linux.Coinminer.Generic
Create hunting rule
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-02-23 22:08:17 UTC
File Type:
ELF64 Little (SO)
AV detection:
8 of 38 (21.05%)
Threat level:
  4/5
Detection(s):
Suspicious file
Link:
https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=yot4psuyaazwmsbgwqbmdkuffe2uplrqu6ecq2wwrksk27kanyvq._file
Result
Malware family:
xmrig
Create hunting rule
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:xmrig antivm defense_evasion discovery execution linux miner persistence privilege_escalation upx
Link:
https://tria.ge/reports/250223-12am8sxqy8/
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
Flushes firewall rules
Unexpected DNS network traffic destination
Contacts a large (1011147) 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
Link:
https://app.threat.zone/submission/de98f821-9911-45fd-8029-f80efedbcda5
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YARA Signatures

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Rule name:SUSP_ELF_LNX_UPX_Compressed_File
Create hunting rule
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
Create hunting rule
Author:XiAnzheng
Description:Check for Overlay, Obfuscating, Encrypting, Spoofing, Hiding, or Entropy Technique(can create FP)
Rule name:upx_packed_elf_v1
Create hunting rule
Author:RandomMalware

File information

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Web download

CoinMiner

elf c3a7c7ca980033664826b402c1aa85293547ae30a788286ad68aa4ad7d406e2b

(this sample)

  
URLhaus
https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/url/3138428/
  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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