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Database Entry


Mettle


Vendor detections: 9


Intelligence 9 IOCs YARA 15 File information Comments
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SHA256 hash: eafdec109b69198bcb1e4ac2299a13cb409424e566491df59f7981fdcd9d87ee
SHA3-384 hash: cafaf497cd7242fe767968db87d6f69a578629614c78dbd7ac75a3b8bf64097c3892435b0c9da179887508b744df2460
SHA1 hash: 77c8319218d12a2327c9a33384477a1e54e12198
MD5 hash: aed4f4dd987d0546bfdc40257d5025c4
humanhash: minnesota-early-spring-oklahoma
File name:9c.elf
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Signature Mettle
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File size:1'121'480 bytes
First seen:2026-08-31 17:38:16 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-sharedlib
ssdeep 24576:wA02G4dDtanDquV+gtV8R0OcvrTudUKEj0hi/djV:y4dDtaDqCV8RrkThJMiL
TLSH T193357E0BAA9504BEC5F5C470875FC233AF71B4895212367B2694EA303E67E346F1E791
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 BlinkzSec
Tags:mettle

Intelligence

File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
55
Origin country :
US US
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
Collects information on the OS
Connection attempt
Substitutes an application name
Verdict:
Malicious
Uses P2P?:
false
Uses anti-vm?:
false
Architecture:
x86
Packer:
not packed
Botnet:
unknown
Number of open files:
9
Number of processes launched:
2
Processes remaning?
true
Remote TCP ports scanned:
not identified
Full report:
https://elfdigest.com/brief/eafdec109b69198bcb1e4ac2299a13cb409424e566491df59f7981fdcd9d87ee
Behaviour
Process Renaming
Botnet C2s
TCP botnet C2(s):
not identified
UDP botnet C2(s):
not identified
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.64.le
First seen:
2026-08-31T15:29:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-09-01T18:16:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Link:
https://opentip.kaspersky.com/eafdec109b69198bcb1e4ac2299a13cb409424e566491df59f7981fdcd9d87ee/results?tab=lookup
Status:
terminated
Link:
https://sandbox.kunai.rocks/analysis/ddfe008b-515c-4397-9072-6a1082f07979
Behavior Graph:
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%3 guuid=996fcb43-1a00-0000-2094-4bf4de0b0000 pid=3038 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=fadae646-1a00-0000-2094-4bf4e40b0000 pid=3044 /tmp/sample.bin net send-data guuid=996fcb43-1a00-0000-2094-4bf4de0b0000 pid=3038->guuid=fadae646-1a00-0000-2094-4bf4e40b0000 pid=3044 execve 7defa8c6-e8e4-5124-bfd0-eaee5a870ab7 64.89.163.22:1009 guuid=fadae646-1a00-0000-2094-4bf4e40b0000 pid=3044->7defa8c6-e8e4-5124-bfd0-eaee5a870ab7 con 4f6baed0-9587-596c-82b3-fd721afe4cc1 10.0.2.3:53 guuid=fadae646-1a00-0000-2094-4bf4e40b0000 pid=3044->4f6baed0-9587-596c-82b3-fd721afe4cc1 send: 52B guuid=fadae646-1a00-0000-2094-4bf4e40b0000 pid=3491 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=fadae646-1a00-0000-2094-4bf4e40b0000 pid=3044->guuid=fadae646-1a00-0000-2094-4bf4e40b0000 pid=3491 clone
Malware family:
Mettle
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Verdict:
Malicious
Link:
https://analyze.intezer.com/analyses/d0e61a44-7ce1-4816-b3e1-db558368c223
Score:
100%
Verdict:
Malware
File Type:
ELF
Link:
https://malprob.io/report/eafdec109b69198bcb1e4ac2299a13cb409424e566491df59f7981fdcd9d87ee
Detection:
n/a
Link:
https://mwdb.cert.pl/sample/eafdec109b69198bcb1e4ac2299a13cb409424e566491df59f7981fdcd9d87ee/
Threat name:
Linux.Backdoor.Meterpreter
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Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-08-31 17:37:47 UTC
File Type:
ELF64 Little (SO)
AV detection:
15 of 24 (62.50%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Detection(s):
Suspicious file
Link:
https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=5l66yee3nemyxsy6jlbctgqtznajijhfmzer35m7pga73tm5q7xa._file
Result
Malware family:
mettle
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Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:mettle backdoor discovery linux
Link:
https://tria.ge/reports/260831-v7vygazvfw/
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
Changes its process name
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.
Threat name:
Legit
Score:
0.00
Link:
https://yomi.yoroi.company/submissions/eafdec109b69198bcb1e4ac2299a13cb409424e566491df59f7981fdcd9d87ee

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

The table below shows additional information about this malware sample such as delivery method and external references.

Web download

Mettle

sh 44042db84196ed72692efe70f510261547254add9f8364457a4496fc3d0a917a

Mettle

elf eafdec109b69198bcb1e4ac2299a13cb409424e566491df59f7981fdcd9d87ee

(this sample)

  
URLhaus
https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/url/3910596/
  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download
  
Dropped by
SHA256 44042db84196ed72692efe70f510261547254add9f8364457a4496fc3d0a917a
  
Dropped by
MD5 b47e4bca20daa0b346f1c40c34ef755e
  
URLhaus
https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/url/3910594/

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