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Mettle


Vendor detections: 10


Intelligence 10 IOCs YARA 15 File information Comments
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SHA256 hash: d005ba531c8d098a9856e3441a89069bdf3a5d67bfc7847b313a4b80ad0ca03a
SHA3-384 hash: 2f90e0645ab740e9b31e7feaa1422f317fe554513ddf06b726e4fab104d61b9a74f026d01e64dc87a594ab8178a14a1f
SHA1 hash: 162e13cf2cef9539915ebc1db7d84464564431b3
MD5 hash: f682b3312170262800671fb823444c13
humanhash: cup-island-hamper-xray
File name:ml_IS.elf
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Signature Mettle
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File size:1'121'480 bytes
First seen:2026-01-09 16:38:53 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-sharedlib
ssdeep 24576:kxW5r2UZu6+QO7UAlBKsBWrTPlE0hi/djV:75r2UZd6UAlB70TBiL
TLSH T14F357E0BAA9504BEC5F5C470875FC233AF71B4896212367B2694EA303E67E346F1F691
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 mettle

Intelligence

File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
30
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Detection(s):
Unix.Trojan.Generic-9908886-0
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PUA.Unix.File.Metasploit-7646224-0
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PUA.Unix.File.Metasploit-9753187-0
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PUA.Unix.File.Metasploit-9810624-0
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Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Connection attempt
Collects information on the OS
Substitutes an application name
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
anti-vm anti-vm base64 gcc
Link:
https://www.filescan.io/uploads/69612f4830368802bb7e14eb/reports/799cea62-f793-4462-9f0b-2b447d12788c/overview
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.64.le
First seen:
2026-01-09T14:48:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-01-10T12:48:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Link:
https://opentip.kaspersky.com/d005ba531c8d098a9856e3441a89069bdf3a5d67bfc7847b313a4b80ad0ca03a/results?tab=lookup
Status:
terminated
Link:
https://sandbox.kunai.rocks/analysis/52488a7f-a7f0-43da-ba4e-9b73a96e59ad
Behavior Graph:
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%3 guuid=ba42ad4c-1a00-0000-31ff-efeda20b0000 pid=2978 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=6a65534f-1a00-0000-31ff-efedaa0b0000 pid=2986 /tmp/sample.bin send-data guuid=ba42ad4c-1a00-0000-31ff-efeda20b0000 pid=2978->guuid=6a65534f-1a00-0000-31ff-efedaa0b0000 pid=2986 execve 4f6baed0-9587-596c-82b3-fd721afe4cc1 10.0.2.3:53 guuid=6a65534f-1a00-0000-31ff-efedaa0b0000 pid=2986->4f6baed0-9587-596c-82b3-fd721afe4cc1 send: 52B guuid=6a65534f-1a00-0000-31ff-efedaa0b0000 pid=3417 /tmp/sample.bin net guuid=6a65534f-1a00-0000-31ff-efedaa0b0000 pid=2986->guuid=6a65534f-1a00-0000-31ff-efedaa0b0000 pid=3417 clone 52628a0c-aaf5-50bd-baf2-73e6d523c2b0 194.26.141.203:8080 guuid=6a65534f-1a00-0000-31ff-efedaa0b0000 pid=3417->52628a0c-aaf5-50bd-baf2-73e6d523c2b0 con
Malware family:
Mettle
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Verdict:
Malicious
Link:
https://analyze.intezer.com/analyses/ac80a064-3fe0-4f72-b5b0-617d09dece3c
Result
Threat name:
n/a
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
n/a
Score:
56 / 100
Link:
https://www.joesandbox.com/analysis/1847435
Signature
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
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behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1847435 Sample: ml_IS.elf Startdate: 09/01/2026 Architecture: LINUX Score: 56 14 169.254.169.254, 80 USDOSUS Reserved 2->14 16 194.26.141.203, 57824, 57826, 57828 HEANETIE Netherlands 2->16 18 3 other IPs or domains 2->18 20 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->20 22 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->22 6 dash rm 2->6         started        8 dash rm 2->8         started        10 python3.8 dpkg 2->10         started        12 ml_IS.elf 2->12         started        signatures3 process4
Score:
100%
Verdict:
Malware
File Type:
ELF
Link:
https://malprob.io/report/d005ba531c8d098a9856e3441a89069bdf3a5d67bfc7847b313a4b80ad0ca03a
Detection:
n/a
Link:
https://mwdb.cert.pl/sample/d005ba531c8d098a9856e3441a89069bdf3a5d67bfc7847b313a4b80ad0ca03a/
Threat name:
Linux.Backdoor.Meterpreter
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Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-01-09 16:39:36 UTC
File Type:
ELF64 Little (SO)
AV detection:
14 of 24 (58.33%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Detection(s):
Suspicious file
Link:
https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=2ac3uuy4rueyvgcw4ncbvcigtpptuxlhx7dyi6zrhjfyblimua5a._file
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  4/10
Tags:
discovery linux
Link:
https://tria.ge/reports/260109-t58k4saz3a/
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
Changes its process name
Verdict:
Malicious
Tags:
trojan mettle meterpreter Unix.Trojan.Generic-9908886-0
YARA:
Linux_Trojan_Meterpreter_a82f5d21 Linux_Trojan_Meterpreter_1bda891e Linux_Trojan_Mettle_e8fdbcbd Linux_Trojan_Mettle_78aead1c
Link:
https://app.threat.zone/submission/cc266212-648a-401f-a59e-cc6f81b6ba0a
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.
Threat name:
Legit
Score:
0.26
Link:
https://yomi.yoroi.company/submissions/d005ba531c8d098a9856e3441a89069bdf3a5d67bfc7847b313a4b80ad0ca03a

YARA Signatures

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Rule name:CP_Script_Inject_Detector
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Author:DiegoAnalytics
Description:Detects attempts to inject code into another process across PE, ELF, Mach-O binaries
Rule name:DetectEncryptedVariants
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Author:Zinyth
Description:Detects 'encrypted' in ASCII, Unicode, base64, or hex-encoded
Rule name:enterpriseapps2
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Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Enterprise apps
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Meterpreter_1bda891e
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Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Meterpreter_a82f5d21
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Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mettle_78aead1c
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Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mettle_e8fdbcbd
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Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:MacOS_Trojan_Metasploit_6cab0ec0
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Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:MD5_Constants
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Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for MD5 constants
Rule name:RANSOMWARE
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Author:ToroGuitar
Rule name:RIPEMD160_Constants
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Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for RIPEMD-160 constants
Rule name:setsockopt
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Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for setsockopt() red flags
Rule name:SHA1_Constants
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Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for SHA1 constants
Rule name:unixredflags3
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Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for UNIX red flags
Rule name:vmdetect
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Author:nex
Description:Possibly employs anti-virtualization techniques

File information

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Mettle

elf d005ba531c8d098a9856e3441a89069bdf3a5d67bfc7847b313a4b80ad0ca03a

(this sample)

  
URLhaus
https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/url/3754668/
  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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