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Database Entry



Prometei


Vendor detections: 9


Intelligence 9 IOCs YARA 4 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: f05d22b4c1b8e77e1122b13b677905d38b13f45c7c9541942143878544ca586a
SHA3-384 hash: aac018b17a78d3b47960c6679aa7386ed1ecdb5d153bb3caea96c88d36b8fd586da9ce74d1c2cbef9c6594b6012ec646
SHA1 hash: 72c5a050386759ac4c869466a6b8b03327f1348e
MD5 hash: 3c66d08596e581fc2481406e7ac98206
humanhash: tennessee-kilo-aspen-tennis
File name:na
Download: download sample
Signature Prometei
File size:435'932 bytes
First seen:2025-04-15 16:52:38 UTC
Last seen:2025-04-15 20:37:13 UTC
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 6144:63fxS1fHETSACF2Gzm5DVvSHrKKRH4SCra+HWMiFbcAOXmb4Dsi6wwcitgq:25WOSACZSV6eKRH5EPiamb4DsDwwc6
TLSH T1AF9423F8C83D2E30D8169B3CBB5A826CF0A15772D9562B6EB51AF5732179F1FAC60101
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 Prometei

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
2
# of downloads :
65
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Launching a process
Manages services
Creating a file
Changes access rights for a written file
Kills processes
Collects information on the OS
Collects information on the CPU
Writes files to system directory
Writes files to system subdirectory
Deleting of the original file
Verdict:
Unknown
Threat level:
  2.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
packed packed upx
Verdict:
Malicious
Uses P2P?:
false
Uses anti-vm?:
true
Architecture:
x86
Packer:
custom
Botnet:
unknown
Number of open files:
138
Number of processes launched:
88
Processes remaning?
true
Remote TCP ports scanned:
not identified
Behaviour
Anti-VM
Persistence
Process Renaming
Botnet C2s
TCP botnet C2(s):
not identified
UDP botnet C2(s):
not identified
Result
Threat name:
Prometei
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.evad
Score:
88 / 100
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Drops files in suspicious directories
Executes the "crontab" command typically for achieving persistence
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Sample is packed with UPX
Sample tries to persist itself using cron
Yara detected Prometei
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1665691 Sample: na.elf Startdate: 15/04/2025 Architecture: LINUX Score: 88 65 109.202.202.202, 80 INIT7CH Switzerland 2->65 67 91.189.91.42, 443 CANONICAL-ASGB United Kingdom 2->67 69 91.189.91.43, 443 CANONICAL-ASGB United Kingdom 2->69 75 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->75 77 Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample 2->77 79 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->79 81 2 other signatures 2->81 9 dash rm na.elf 2->9         started        13 dash rm 2->13         started        15 dash cut 2->15         started        17 10 other processes 2->17 signatures3 process4 file5 63 /usr/sbin/uplugplay, DOS 9->63 dropped 83 Drops files in suspicious directories 9->83 19 na.elf 9->19         started        21 na.elf sh 9->21         started        23 na.elf sh 9->23         started        25 9 other processes 9->25 signatures6 process7 process8 27 na.elf sh 19->27         started        29 na.elf sh 19->29         started        31 na.elf sh 19->31         started        43 60 other processes 19->43 33 sh crontab 21->33         started        37 sh crontab 23->37         started        39 sh crontab 25->39         started        41 sh pgrep 25->41         started        45 7 other processes 25->45 file9 47 sh sh 27->47         started        49 sh pgrep 29->49         started        51 sh pidof 31->51         started        61 /var/spool/cron/crontabs/tmp.SNf3cY, ASCII 33->61 dropped 71 Sample tries to persist itself using cron 33->71 73 Executes the "crontab" command typically for achieving persistence 33->73 53 sh sh 43->53         started        55 sh sh 43->55         started        57 sh sh 43->57         started        59 57 other processes 43->59 signatures10 process11
Threat name:
Linux.Trojan.Generic
Status:
Suspicious
First seen:
2025-04-15 16:53:20 UTC
File Type:
ELF64 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
17 of 24 (70.83%)
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
Enumerates kernel/hardware configuration
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
Prometei
Prometei_elf family
Verdict:
Informative
Tags:
n/a
YARA:
n/a
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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:Sus_Obf_Enc_Spoof_Hide_PE
Author:XiAnzheng
Description:Check for Overlay, Obfuscating, Encrypting, Spoofing, Hiding, or Entropy Technique(can create FP)
Rule name:upx_packed_elf_v1
Author:RandomMalware

File information


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

Web download

Prometei

elf f05d22b4c1b8e77e1122b13b677905d38b13f45c7c9541942143878544ca586a

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

BLint


The following table provides more information about this file using BLint. BLint is a Binary Linter to check the security properties, and capabilities in executables.

Findings
IDTitleSeverity
CHECK_PIEMissing Position-Independent Executable (PIE) Protectionhigh

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