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Database Entry



Prometei


Vendor detections: 9


Intelligence 9 IOCs YARA 4 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: ec2c3ddffdc0ff40a4d9c59c03221733b80fe36bb706bcbb9aa4650e05e96a5c
SHA3-384 hash: 7e93065cc1ccc729d69ce865e5a07b48dc703b3b42a1056fd4f860f3d73505c014d1274db576517efaa19ddbd128dd61
SHA1 hash: f32c9b396b378f5d524d732c42bdd3b0df08e332
MD5 hash: 2496f7592fec3c0abba8b6cbec2765ca
humanhash: nuts-carolina-michigan-mobile
File name:ec2c3ddffdc0ff40a4d9c59c03221733b80fe36bb706bcbb9aa4650e05e96a5c
Download: download sample
Signature Prometei
File size:449'090 bytes
First seen:2026-06-20 19:45:42 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 12288:Fs+/py5fM2l+M5F7TsJwtY1yvr+bT1psS+6T6NCj76tsd8:Fs6pyCC/Ya2hpi6T6N4C
TLSH T1B1A423B4F9219E9F6DD76DB91B24831DE181C172689D4C2313AE94A34F3D632BF2C816
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 c2hunter
Tags:elf Prometei wraith

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
59
Origin country :
US US
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Manages services
Launching a process
Creating a file
Collects information on the CPU
Kills processes
Collects information on the OS
Changes access rights for a written file
Writes files to system directory
Writes files to system subdirectory
Deleting of the original file
Verdict:
Likely Malicious
Threat level:
  7.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
packed upx
Verdict:
Malicious
Uses P2P?:
false
Uses anti-vm?:
false
Architecture:
x86
Packer:
custom
Botnet:
unknown
Number of open files:
107
Number of processes launched:
19
Processes remaning?
true
Remote TCP ports scanned:
not identified
Behaviour
Process Renaming
Botnet C2s
TCP botnet C2(s):
not identified
UDP botnet C2(s):
not identified
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=569f7358-1900-0000-9303-d3912e140000 pid=5166 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=26e5ff5b-1900-0000-9303-d3912f140000 pid=5167 /tmp/sample.bin delete-file mprotect-exec write-file guuid=569f7358-1900-0000-9303-d3912e140000 pid=5166->guuid=26e5ff5b-1900-0000-9303-d3912f140000 pid=5167 execve guuid=26e5ff5b-1900-0000-9303-d3912f140000 pid=5168 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=26e5ff5b-1900-0000-9303-d3912f140000 pid=5167->guuid=26e5ff5b-1900-0000-9303-d3912f140000 pid=5168 clone guuid=26e5ff5b-1900-0000-9303-d3912f140000 pid=5169 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=26e5ff5b-1900-0000-9303-d3912f140000 pid=5167->guuid=26e5ff5b-1900-0000-9303-d3912f140000 pid=5169 clone guuid=26e5ff5b-1900-0000-9303-d3912f140000 pid=5172 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=26e5ff5b-1900-0000-9303-d3912f140000 pid=5167->guuid=26e5ff5b-1900-0000-9303-d3912f140000 pid=5172 clone guuid=26e5ff5b-1900-0000-9303-d3912f140000 pid=5173 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=26e5ff5b-1900-0000-9303-d3912f140000 pid=5167->guuid=26e5ff5b-1900-0000-9303-d3912f140000 pid=5173 clone guuid=26e5ff5b-1900-0000-9303-d3912f140000 pid=5183 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=26e5ff5b-1900-0000-9303-d3912f140000 pid=5167->guuid=26e5ff5b-1900-0000-9303-d3912f140000 pid=5183 clone guuid=26e5ff5b-1900-0000-9303-d3912f140000 pid=5184 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=26e5ff5b-1900-0000-9303-d3912f140000 pid=5167->guuid=26e5ff5b-1900-0000-9303-d3912f140000 pid=5184 clone guuid=26e5ff5b-1900-0000-9303-d3912f140000 pid=5187 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=26e5ff5b-1900-0000-9303-d3912f140000 pid=5167->guuid=26e5ff5b-1900-0000-9303-d3912f140000 pid=5187 clone guuid=26e5ff5b-1900-0000-9303-d3912f140000 pid=5188 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=26e5ff5b-1900-0000-9303-d3912f140000 pid=5167->guuid=26e5ff5b-1900-0000-9303-d3912f140000 pid=5188 clone guuid=26e5ff5b-1900-0000-9303-d3912f140000 pid=5191 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=26e5ff5b-1900-0000-9303-d3912f140000 pid=5167->guuid=26e5ff5b-1900-0000-9303-d3912f140000 pid=5191 clone guuid=26e5ff5b-1900-0000-9303-d3912f140000 pid=5192 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=26e5ff5b-1900-0000-9303-d3912f140000 pid=5167->guuid=26e5ff5b-1900-0000-9303-d3912f140000 pid=5192 clone guuid=8806de7b-1a00-0000-9303-d39151140000 pid=5201 /usr/bin/dash guuid=26e5ff5b-1900-0000-9303-d3912f140000 pid=5167->guuid=8806de7b-1a00-0000-9303-d39151140000 pid=5201 execve guuid=b979c4b6-1a00-0000-9303-d3916f140000 pid=5231 /usr/bin/dash guuid=26e5ff5b-1900-0000-9303-d3912f140000 pid=5167->guuid=b979c4b6-1a00-0000-9303-d3916f140000 pid=5231 execve guuid=e8b96fea-1a00-0000-9303-d39197140000 pid=5271 /usr/bin/dash guuid=26e5ff5b-1900-0000-9303-d3912f140000 pid=5167->guuid=e8b96fea-1a00-0000-9303-d39197140000 pid=5271 execve guuid=c683d471-1900-0000-9303-d39132140000 pid=5170 /usr/bin/dash guuid=26e5ff5b-1900-0000-9303-d3912f140000 pid=5169->guuid=c683d471-1900-0000-9303-d39132140000 pid=5170 execve guuid=13097372-1900-0000-9303-d39133140000 pid=5171 /usr/bin/pgrep guuid=c683d471-1900-0000-9303-d39132140000 pid=5170->guuid=13097372-1900-0000-9303-d39133140000 pid=5171 execve guuid=37840a7a-1900-0000-9303-d39136140000 pid=5174 /usr/bin/dash guuid=26e5ff5b-1900-0000-9303-d3912f140000 pid=5173->guuid=37840a7a-1900-0000-9303-d39136140000 pid=5174 execve guuid=92e0457a-1900-0000-9303-d39137140000 pid=5175 /usr/bin/pgrep guuid=37840a7a-1900-0000-9303-d39136140000 pid=5174->guuid=92e0457a-1900-0000-9303-d39137140000 pid=5175 execve guuid=be0c1ab9-1900-0000-9303-d39141140000 pid=5185 /usr/bin/dash guuid=26e5ff5b-1900-0000-9303-d3912f140000 pid=5184->guuid=be0c1ab9-1900-0000-9303-d39141140000 pid=5185 execve guuid=c41081b9-1900-0000-9303-d39142140000 pid=5186 /usr/sbin/killall5 guuid=be0c1ab9-1900-0000-9303-d39141140000 pid=5185->guuid=c41081b9-1900-0000-9303-d39142140000 pid=5186 execve guuid=66647606-1a00-0000-9303-d39145140000 pid=5189 /usr/bin/dash guuid=26e5ff5b-1900-0000-9303-d3912f140000 pid=5188->guuid=66647606-1a00-0000-9303-d39145140000 pid=5189 execve guuid=21e1d806-1a00-0000-9303-d39146140000 pid=5190 /usr/bin/pgrep guuid=66647606-1a00-0000-9303-d39145140000 pid=5189->guuid=21e1d806-1a00-0000-9303-d39146140000 pid=5190 execve guuid=dcd14941-1a00-0000-9303-d39149140000 pid=5193 /usr/bin/dash guuid=26e5ff5b-1900-0000-9303-d3912f140000 pid=5192->guuid=dcd14941-1a00-0000-9303-d39149140000 pid=5193 execve guuid=cb028241-1a00-0000-9303-d3914a140000 pid=5194 /usr/sbin/killall5 guuid=dcd14941-1a00-0000-9303-d39149140000 pid=5193->guuid=cb028241-1a00-0000-9303-d3914a140000 pid=5194 execve guuid=7412177c-1a00-0000-9303-d39152140000 pid=5202 /usr/bin/systemctl guuid=8806de7b-1a00-0000-9303-d39151140000 pid=5201->guuid=7412177c-1a00-0000-9303-d39152140000 pid=5202 execve guuid=1f8df1b6-1a00-0000-9303-d39170140000 pid=5232 /usr/bin/systemctl guuid=b979c4b6-1a00-0000-9303-d3916f140000 pid=5231->guuid=1f8df1b6-1a00-0000-9303-d39170140000 pid=5232 execve guuid=ea2c9dea-1a00-0000-9303-d39198140000 pid=5272 /usr/bin/systemctl guuid=e8b96fea-1a00-0000-9303-d39197140000 pid=5271->guuid=ea2c9dea-1a00-0000-9303-d39198140000 pid=5272 execve guuid=2fdaba13-0000-0000-9303-d39101000000 pid=1 /usr/lib/systemd/systemd guuid=1841f3ec-1a00-0000-9303-d39199140000 pid=5273 /usr/sbin/uplugplay mprotect-exec guuid=2fdaba13-0000-0000-9303-d39101000000 pid=1->guuid=1841f3ec-1a00-0000-9303-d39199140000 pid=5273 execve guuid=7c97a5f7-1a00-0000-9303-d3919a140000 pid=5274 /usr/sbin/uplugplay guuid=1841f3ec-1a00-0000-9303-d39199140000 pid=5273->guuid=7c97a5f7-1a00-0000-9303-d3919a140000 pid=5274 clone guuid=52d402f8-1a00-0000-9303-d3919b140000 pid=5275 /usr/bin/dash guuid=7c97a5f7-1a00-0000-9303-d3919a140000 pid=5274->guuid=52d402f8-1a00-0000-9303-d3919b140000 pid=5275 execve guuid=822f63f8-1a00-0000-9303-d3919c140000 pid=5276 /usr/sbin/uplugplay dns mprotect-exec net send-data write-config guuid=52d402f8-1a00-0000-9303-d3919b140000 pid=5275->guuid=822f63f8-1a00-0000-9303-d3919c140000 pid=5276 execve 72feda4e-8ff4-5eee-be80-abecb8d0eda9 103.176.111.176:80 guuid=822f63f8-1a00-0000-9303-d3919c140000 pid=5276->72feda4e-8ff4-5eee-be80-abecb8d0eda9 send: 78B 99a07b9c-a06a-5036-a75d-39daa574df85 255.255.255.255:53 guuid=822f63f8-1a00-0000-9303-d3919c140000 pid=5276->99a07b9c-a06a-5036-a75d-39daa574df85 send: 100B 8b0a01dc-0728-52c1-8024-c4ba7801b8d6 8.8.8.8:53 guuid=822f63f8-1a00-0000-9303-d3919c140000 pid=5276->8b0a01dc-0728-52c1-8024-c4ba7801b8d6 send: 36B guuid=822f63f8-1a00-0000-9303-d3919c140000 pid=5277 /usr/sbin/uplugplay guuid=822f63f8-1a00-0000-9303-d3919c140000 pid=5276->guuid=822f63f8-1a00-0000-9303-d3919c140000 pid=5277 clone guuid=822f63f8-1a00-0000-9303-d3919c140000 pid=5278 /usr/sbin/uplugplay guuid=822f63f8-1a00-0000-9303-d3919c140000 pid=5276->guuid=822f63f8-1a00-0000-9303-d3919c140000 pid=5278 clone guuid=822f63f8-1a00-0000-9303-d3919c140000 pid=5279 /usr/sbin/uplugplay guuid=822f63f8-1a00-0000-9303-d3919c140000 pid=5276->guuid=822f63f8-1a00-0000-9303-d3919c140000 pid=5279 clone guuid=822f63f8-1a00-0000-9303-d3919c140000 pid=5283 /usr/sbin/uplugplay guuid=822f63f8-1a00-0000-9303-d3919c140000 pid=5276->guuid=822f63f8-1a00-0000-9303-d3919c140000 pid=5283 clone guuid=822f63f8-1a00-0000-9303-d3919c140000 pid=5284 /usr/sbin/uplugplay guuid=822f63f8-1a00-0000-9303-d3919c140000 pid=5276->guuid=822f63f8-1a00-0000-9303-d3919c140000 pid=5284 clone guuid=822f63f8-1a00-0000-9303-d3919c140000 pid=5287 /usr/sbin/uplugplay guuid=822f63f8-1a00-0000-9303-d3919c140000 pid=5276->guuid=822f63f8-1a00-0000-9303-d3919c140000 pid=5287 clone guuid=822f63f8-1a00-0000-9303-d3919c140000 pid=5288 /usr/sbin/uplugplay guuid=822f63f8-1a00-0000-9303-d3919c140000 pid=5276->guuid=822f63f8-1a00-0000-9303-d3919c140000 pid=5288 clone guuid=0a907503-1b00-0000-9303-d391a0140000 pid=5280 /usr/bin/dash guuid=822f63f8-1a00-0000-9303-d3919c140000 pid=5279->guuid=0a907503-1b00-0000-9303-d391a0140000 pid=5280 execve guuid=3df5eb03-1b00-0000-9303-d391a1140000 pid=5281 /usr/bin/hostnamectl guuid=0a907503-1b00-0000-9303-d391a0140000 pid=5280->guuid=3df5eb03-1b00-0000-9303-d391a1140000 pid=5281 execve guuid=2e53b414-1b00-0000-9303-d391a5140000 pid=5285 /usr/bin/dash guuid=822f63f8-1a00-0000-9303-d3919c140000 pid=5284->guuid=2e53b414-1b00-0000-9303-d391a5140000 pid=5285 execve guuid=cd23ea14-1b00-0000-9303-d391a6140000 pid=5286 /usr/bin/uptime guuid=2e53b414-1b00-0000-9303-d391a5140000 pid=5285->guuid=cd23ea14-1b00-0000-9303-d391a6140000 pid=5286 execve guuid=0f40fc15-1b00-0000-9303-d391a9140000 pid=5289 /usr/bin/dash guuid=822f63f8-1a00-0000-9303-d3919c140000 pid=5288->guuid=0f40fc15-1b00-0000-9303-d391a9140000 pid=5289 execve guuid=e9fb2416-1b00-0000-9303-d391aa140000 pid=5290 /usr/bin/uname guuid=0f40fc15-1b00-0000-9303-d391a9140000 pid=5289->guuid=e9fb2416-1b00-0000-9303-d391aa140000 pid=5290 execve
Threat name:
Linux.Trojan.Prometei
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-06-20 19:46:21 UTC
AV detection:
13 of 36 (36.11%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
prometei_elf
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:prometei_elf botnet discovery linux miner persistence privilege_escalation upx
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
Reads CPU attributes
UPX packed file
Enumerates running processes
Modifies systemd
Write file to user bin folder
Deletes itself
Modifies hosts file
Family: Prometei
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:linux_generic_ipv6_catcher
Author:@_lubiedo
Description:ELF samples using IPv6 addresses
Rule name:SUSP_ELF_LNX_UPX_Compressed_File
Author:Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Description:Detects a suspicious ELF binary with UPX compression
Reference:Internal Research
Rule name:TH_Generic_MassHunt_Linux_Malware_2026_CYFARE
Author:CYFARE
Description:Generic Linux malware mass-hunt rule - 2026
Reference:https://cyfare.net/
Rule name:upx_packed_elf_v1
Author:RandomMalware

File information


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