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Database Entry
Threat unknown
Vendor detections: 8
| SHA256 hash: | cd4fe48bb85f3614623571ffbdc253e6b6d3fec7d90f45fe70febbeff2df3a5b |
|---|---|
| SHA3-384 hash: | 583f4c50942e0d29c02613516cbe866bbbe58776d17a602c5b5a6e95d0eda4333651b06309460608d13121c091976918 |
| SHA1 hash: | fff69862b8977dc1a885bc3531301b2491bbd2b6 |
| MD5 hash: | 5ab46f95eb50211ba19d661603b56e50 |
| humanhash: | cola-beer-delaware-music |
| File name: | .X0-lock_x86_64 |
| Download: | download sample |
| File size: | 3'261'344 bytes |
| First seen: | 2026-09-03 20:48:52 UTC |
| Last seen: | Never |
| File type: | elf |
| MIME type: | application/x-sharedlib |
| ssdeep | 49152:yfZBnpOznLVmmIgfa/rly0j7bdo9fLZPIS5BYDr6awnVCp6RvMYSR:uBWnRo5rl/HJifLZlYLwnVnRXSR |
| TLSH | T1DAE56C06B6A244BEC0E6D430838FD573AD35B8594221397F3685AB312E76E305F6DFA1 |
| 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 :
69
Origin country :
DEVendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:
Behaviour
Creating a file
Collects information on the network activity
Launching a process
Collects information on the RAM
Sets a written file as executable
Sends data to a server
Runs as daemon
Kills processes
Collects information on the CPU
Creates directories
Connection attempt
Manages services
Creating a process from a recently created file
Changes owner for a written file
DNS request
Receives data from a server
Collects information on the OS
Creates or modifies files in /cron to set up autorun
Substitutes an application name
Writes files to system directory
Creates or modifies files to set up autorun
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
base64 fingerprint gcc
Verdict:
Malicious
Uses P2P?:
false
Uses anti-vm?:
true
Architecture:
x86
Packer:
not packed
Botnet:
unknown
Number of open files:
17
Number of processes launched:
16
Processes remaning?
true
Remote TCP ports scanned:
not identified
Full report:
Behaviour
Anti-VM
Process Renaming
Botnet C2s
TCP botnet C2(s):
not identified
UDP botnet C2(s):
not identified
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
Verdict:
Suspicious
Result
Threat name:
Xmrig
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
spre.evad.mine
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
Creates /etc/ld.so.preload
Drops files in suspicious directories
Drops invisible ELF files
Executes the "crontab" command typically for achieving persistence
Found strings related to Crypto-Mining
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Manipulation of devices in /dev
Modifies the '.bashrc' or '.bash_profile' file typically for persisting actions
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Sample tries to kill multiple processes (SIGKILL)
Sample tries to persist itself using /etc/profile
Tries to load the MSR kernel module used for reading/writing to CPUs model specific register
Writes identical ELF files to multiple locations
Writes to CPU model specific registers (MSR) (e.g. miners improve performance by disabling HW prefetcher)
Yara detected Xmrig cryptocurrency miner
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
Score:
89%
Verdict:
Malware
File Type:
ELF
Gathering data
Detection(s):
Suspicious file
Result
Malware family:
xmrig
Score:
10/10
Tags:
family:xmrig defense_evasion discovery exection execution linux miner persistence privilege_escalation
Behaviour
Enumerates kernel/hardware configuration
Reads runtime system information
Writes file to tmp directory
Changes its process name
Reads CPU attributes
Modifies Bash startup script
Creates/modifies Cron job
Creates/modifies environment variables
Enumerates running processes
Looks up external IP address via web service
Modifies systemd
Write file to user bin folder
Writes file to system bin folder
Executes dropped EXE
Modifies the dynamic linker configuration file
XMRig Miner payload
Family: xmrig
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.
YARA Signatures
MalwareBazaar uses YARA rules from several public and non-public repositories, such as YARAhub and Malpedia. Those are being matched against malware samples uploaded to MalwareBazaar as well as against any suspicious process dumps they may create. Please note that only results from TLP:CLEAR rules are being displayed.
| Rule name: | enterpriseapps2 |
|---|---|
| Author: | Tim Brown @timb_machine |
| Description: | Enterprise apps |
| Rule name: | ldpreload |
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| Author: | xorseed |
| Reference: | https://stuff.rop.io/ |
| Rule name: | MD5_Constants |
|---|---|
| Author: | phoul (@phoul) |
| Description: | Look for MD5 constants |
| Rule name: | miner_lin_xmrig_strings |
|---|---|
| Author: | Sekoia.io |
| Description: | Detects XMRig ELF |
| Rule name: | RANSOMWARE |
|---|---|
| Author: | ToroGuitar |
| Rule name: | SHA512_Constants |
|---|---|
| Author: | phoul (@phoul) |
| Description: | Look for SHA384/SHA512 constants |
| Rule name: | unixredflags3 |
|---|---|
| Author: | Tim Brown @timb_machine |
| Description: | Hunts for UNIX red flags |
File information
The table below shows additional information about this malware sample such as delivery method and external references.
Web download
elf cd4fe48bb85f3614623571ffbdc253e6b6d3fec7d90f45fe70febbeff2df3a5b
(this sample)
Delivery method
Distributed via web download
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