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Database Entry

Kinsing

Vendor detections: 9

Intelligence 9 IOCs YARA 2 File information Comments

SHA256 hash:	e533f1531ca20a072c5bab4ddbeeda3d7014e408320ca8507802e2b7b402261a
SHA3-384 hash:	89c96a5f72c29452b46a3a77594e6ecf5b212173ef26ce1cf58cfb2366696c38b9e099ad0dde76334e481c29474144e2
SHA1 hash:	b66e7d530c645a29819f319d1245c1e188638cf9
MD5 hash:	946cf98b381af1ef5fb347a95430a77b
humanhash:	sink-fifteen-foxtrot-orange
File name:	ph.sh
Download:	download sample
Signature	Kinsing Create hunting rule
File size:	16'878 bytes
First seen:	2026-03-27 13:50:28 UTC
Last seen:	Never
File type:	sh
MIME type:	text/x-shellscript
ssdeep	384:rfcMihlH2wx2vUaQa5/eN86704s80ooJQYgykWT4yCtvUsDjdWOoJwW2:zcg7YJDj8OoJwW2
TLSH	T16A72218EB011ED74295DC4B59CE2287D602BA00A4D623F10B45C7E786B9DA05F7B9BFC
TrID	70.0% (.SH) Linux/UNIX shell script (7000/1) 30.0% (.) Unix-like shebang (var.3) (gen) (3000/1)
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://78.153.140.16/curl-amd64	6b9e23cb675be370a18a0c4482dc566be28920d4f1cd8ba6b4527f80acf978d3	Kinsing	elf kinsing ua-wget
http://78.153.140.16/curl-aarch64	n/a	n/a	elf kinsing ua-wget

Intelligence

File Origin

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# of downloads :

Origin country :

Vendor Threat Intelligence

No detections

Detection(s):

YARA.SIGNATURE_BASE_MAL_Payload_F5_BIG_IP_Exploitations_Jul20_1.UNOFFICIAL

Txt.Malware.Sustes-6779550-1

Verdict:

Malicious

File Type:

unix shell

First seen:

2026-02-20T20:12:00Z UTC

Last seen:

2026-03-29T06:52:00Z UTC

Hits:

~10

Detections:

HEUR:Trojan-Downloader.Shell.Miner.gen

Link:

https://opentip.kaspersky.com/e533f1531ca20a072c5bab4ddbeeda3d7014e408320ca8507802e2b7b402261a/results?tab=lookup

Status:

Failed

Link:

https://sandbox.kunai.rocks/analysis/6a52784f-cc46-45d4-8542-7cbbe9d99165

Score:

81%

Verdict:

Malware

File Type:

SCRIPT

Link:

https://malprob.io/report/e533f1531ca20a072c5bab4ddbeeda3d7014e408320ca8507802e2b7b402261a

Detection:

n/a

Link:

https://mwdb.cert.pl/sample/e533f1531ca20a072c5bab4ddbeeda3d7014e408320ca8507802e2b7b402261a/

Verdict:

Malicious

Threat:

Family.KINSING

Link:

https://tip.neiki.dev/file/e533f1531ca20a072c5bab4ddbeeda3d7014e408320ca8507802e2b7b402261a

Threat name:

Linux.Exploit.CVE-2020-7961

Status:

Malicious

First seen:

2026-02-18 13:45:09 UTC

File Type:

Text (Shell)

AV detection:

17 of 24 (70.83%)

Threat level:

5/5

Detection(s):

Suspicious file

Link:

https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=4uz7cuy4uifaolc3vng5x3w2hvybjzaigigkqudyalrlpnaceyna._file

Result

Malware family:

kinsing_rootkit

Score:

10/10

Tags:

family:kinsing family:kinsing_rootkit antivm defense_evasion discovery exection execution linux loader persistence privilege_escalation rootkit

Link:

https://tria.ge/reports/260327-q5yjcsd16z/

Behaviour

Enumerates kernel/hardware configuration

Process Discovery

Reads runtime system information

System Network Configuration Discovery

Writes file to tmp directory

Checks CPU configuration

Reads CPU attributes

Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism: Sudo and Sudo Caching

Attempts to change immutable files

Creates/modifies Cron job

Enumerates running processes

Modifies systemd

Reads list of loaded kernel modules

File and Directory Permissions Modification

Executes dropped EXE

Flushes firewall rules

Loads a kernel module

Modifies the dynamic linker configuration file

Kinsing

Kinsing Rootkit

Kinsing Rootkit payload

Kinsing family

Kinsing payload

Kinsing_rootkit family

Malware family:

H2Miner

Verdict:

Malicious

Link:

https://www.vmray.com/analyses/_mb/e533f1531ca2/report/overview.html

Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

Threat name:

Malicious File

Score:

1.00

Link:

https://yomi.yoroi.company/submissions/e533f1531ca20a072c5bab4ddbeeda3d7014e408320ca8507802e2b7b402261a

YARA Signatures

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Rule name:	Linux_Trojan_Kinsing_2c1ffe78 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/