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Database Entry


Prometei


Vendor detections: 10


Intelligence 10 IOCs YARA 4 File information Comments
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SHA256 hash: fd04fe5fa8f98aa93e014ebf36822b285d68ff8c0929d8a65905fe9a05b7b313
SHA3-384 hash: 98eacc390c98b58d3c23d136e379e0c181dfd7d9773b447b59cb248a9578315cb41c7c6b31cc1144188ea6f96bbb0e4c
SHA1 hash: 14d3e51dd11084c49b778f80a6a6f887e91d566e
MD5 hash: cd787758e0d028a20d48bae4e4b6f65f
humanhash: colorado-lima-blue-colorado
File name:na
Download: download sample
Signature Prometei
Create hunting rule
File size:435'932 bytes
First seen:2025-05-19 12:53:20 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 6144:63fxS1fHETSACF2Gzm5DVvSHrKKRH4SCra+HWMiFbcAOXmb4Dsi6wwcitgb:25WOSACZSV6eKRH5EPiamb4DsDwwcL
TLSH T19C9423F8C83D2E30D8169B3CBB1A826CF0A15772D9562F6EB51AE5732179F1FAC60101
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 :
1
# of downloads :
87
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Verdict:
Clean
Score:
89.3%
Link:
https://cyber-fortress.com/docs/result/index.php?id=682b29ff375681df7c1aae02linux22vpnfull_triage
Tags:
n/a
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Creating a file
Manages services
Collects information on the CPU
Collects information on the OS
Changes access rights for a written file
Kills processes
Launching a process
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
Link:
https://www.filescan.io/uploads/682b29fc15ed82cd53d7f39c/reports/2b35ad6a-6381-40e4-b43d-95ac32f1d4a1/overview
Verdict:
Malicious
Uses P2P?:
false
Uses anti-vm?:
false
Architecture:
x86
Packer:
custom
Botnet:
unknown
Number of open files:
125
Number of processes launched:
30
Processes remaning?
true
Remote TCP ports scanned:
not identified
Full report:
https://elfdigest.com/brief/fd04fe5fa8f98aa93e014ebf36822b285d68ff8c0929d8a65905fe9a05b7b313
Behaviour
Persistence
Process Renaming
Botnet C2s
TCP botnet C2(s):
not identified
UDP botnet C2(s):
not identified
Verdict:
Suspicious
Link:
https://analyze.intezer.com/analyses/91e3696f-5f78-4612-b87f-b27093154197
Result
Threat name:
Prometei
Create hunting rule
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.evad
Score:
88 / 100
Link:
https://www.joesandbox.com/analysis/1694020
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:
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behaviorgraph top1 signatures2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1694020 Sample: na.elf Startdate: 19/05/2025 Architecture: LINUX Score: 88 68 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->68 70 Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample 2->70 72 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->72 74 2 other signatures 2->74 8 na.elf 2->8         started        12 systemd snapd-env-generator 2->12         started        14 systemd snapd-env-generator 2->14         started        16 systemd 2->16         started        process3 file4 62 /usr/sbin/uplugplay, DOS 8->62 dropped 76 Drops files in suspicious directories 8->76 18 na.elf 8->18         started        20 na.elf sh 8->20         started        22 na.elf sh 8->22         started        24 9 other processes 8->24 signatures5 process6 process7 26 na.elf sh 18->26         started        28 na.elf sh 18->28         started        30 na.elf sh 18->30         started        42 69 other processes 18->42 32 sh crontab 20->32         started        36 sh crontab 22->36         started        38 sh crontab 24->38         started        40 sh pgrep 24->40         started        44 7 other processes 24->44 file8 46 sh sh 26->46         started        48 sh pgrep 28->48         started        50 sh pidof 30->50         started        60 /var/spool/cron/crontabs/tmp.KphQSt, ASCII 32->60 dropped 64 Sample tries to persist itself using cron 32->64 66 Executes the "crontab" command typically for achieving persistence 32->66 52 sh sh 42->52         started        54 sh sh 42->54         started        56 sh sh 42->56         started        58 66 other processes 42->58 signatures9 process10
Score:
100%
Verdict:
Malware
File Type:
ELF
Link:
https://malprob.io/report/fd04fe5fa8f98aa93e014ebf36822b285d68ff8c0929d8a65905fe9a05b7b313
Detection:
n/a
Link:
https://mwdb.cert.pl/sample/fd04fe5fa8f98aa93e014ebf36822b285d68ff8c0929d8a65905fe9a05b7b313/
Threat name:
Linux.Trojan.Generic
Create hunting rule
Status:
Suspicious
First seen:
2025-05-19 12:54:22 UTC
File Type:
ELF64 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
17 of 24 (70.83%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Detection(s):
Suspicious file
Link:
https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=7ucp4x5i7gfkspqbj27tnarlfbowr74mbeu5rjszax7jubnxwmjq._file
Result
Malware family:
prometei_elf
Create hunting rule
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:prometei_elf botnet discovery linux miner persistence privilege_escalation upx
Link:
https://tria.ge/reports/250519-p5dnhsyks2/
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
Prometei
Prometei_elf family
Verdict:
Malicious
Tags:
n/a
YARA:
n/a
Link:
https://app.threat.zone/submission/8e04684f-86b1-436f-a8eb-04cf061e039f
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.
Threat name:
Prometei
Score:
1.00
Link:
https://yomi.yoroi.company/submissions/fd04fe5fa8f98aa93e014ebf36822b285d68ff8c0929d8a65905fe9a05b7b313

YARA Signatures

MalwareBazaar uses YARA rules from several public and non-public repositories, such as YARAhub and Malpedia. Those are being matched against malware samples uploaded to MalwareBazaar as well as against any suspicious process dumps they may create. Please note that only results from TLP:CLEAR rules are being displayed.

Rule name:linux_generic_ipv6_catcher
Create hunting rule
Author:@_lubiedo
Description:ELF samples using IPv6 addresses
Rule name:SUSP_ELF_LNX_UPX_Compressed_File
Create hunting rule
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
Create hunting rule
Author:XiAnzheng
Description:Check for Overlay, Obfuscating, Encrypting, Spoofing, Hiding, or Entropy Technique(can create FP)
Rule name:upx_packed_elf_v1
Create hunting rule
Author:RandomMalware

File information

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Web download

Prometei

elf fd04fe5fa8f98aa93e014ebf36822b285d68ff8c0929d8a65905fe9a05b7b313

(this sample)

  
URLhaus
https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/url/3397968/
  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

BLint

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Findings
IDTitleSeverity
CHECK_PIEMissing Position-Independent Executable (PIE) Protectionhigh

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