prometei_elf | e7c8836fadd881ce00a1bb75997abc5c716ddd2c6b2081567b958b92cccbd324

Analysis

max time kernel
6s
max time network
128s
platform
ubuntu-22.04_amd64
resource
ubuntu2204-amd64-20240729-en
resource tags

arch:amd64arch:i386image:ubuntu2204-amd64-20240729-enkernel:5.15.0-105-genericlocale:en-usos:ubuntu-22.04-amd64system
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18-02-2025 03:38

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General

Target

e7c8836fadd881ce00a1bb75997abc5c716ddd2c6b2081567b958b92cccbd324.elf
Size

418KB
MD5

786ee3811fa1230e84b24b4b93fa28a0
SHA1

1a732f7a61a2646460b36980e58dceeefac05d5e
SHA256

e7c8836fadd881ce00a1bb75997abc5c716ddd2c6b2081567b958b92cccbd324
SHA512

9e1352f7b6e2d2d3c8c4fe6e1cc5a85d441568d7684cd9c95c9beee3b5d91b8d8ee4e9b3b7dca205a3ae59129143b36f1f6dcf410597d53771ed69ab3b28c5cc
SSDEEP

12288:6QIkwT+V+46MTuxN+qpMBUH5kAAxwWVtBeSl:W4/y+qaBUZJAdVtx

Score

10^/10

prometei_elf botnet discovery miner persistence privilege_escalation upx

Malware Config

Signatures

Prometei
Prometei is a multiplatform botnet used to mine cryptocurrency.
botnet miner prometei_elf
Prometei_elf family
prometei_elf

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1563	e7c8836fadd881ce00a1bb75997abc5c716ddd2c6b2081567b958b92cccbd324.elf

Modifies hosts file 1 IoCs

Adds to hosts file used for mapping hosts to IP addresses.

description	ioc	Process
File opened for modification	/etc/hosts	e7c8836fadd881ce00a1bb75997abc5c716ddd2c6b2081567b958b92cccbd324.elf

Enumerates running processes
Discovers information about currently running processes on the system

Modifies systemd 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

Adds/ modifies systemd service files. Likely to achieve persistence.

persistence privilege_escalation

XDG Autostart Entries

T1547.013

Systemd Service

T1543.002

description	ioc	Process
File opened for modification	/lib/systemd/system/uplugplay.service	e7c8836fadd881ce00a1bb75997abc5c716ddd2c6b2081567b958b92cccbd324.elf

Write file to user bin folder 1 IoCs

persistence

description	ioc	Process
File opened for modification	/usr/sbin/uplugplay	e7c8836fadd881ce00a1bb75997abc5c716ddd2c6b2081567b958b92cccbd324.elf

UPX packed file 1 IoCs

Detects executables packed with UPX/modified UPX open source packer.

upx

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/files/fstream-1.dat	upx

Reads CPU attributes 1 TTPs 3 IoCs

discovery

System Information Discovery

T1082

description	ioc	Process
File opened for reading	/sys/devices/system/cpu/online	pgrep
File opened for reading	/sys/devices/system/cpu/online	pgrep
File opened for reading	/sys/devices/system/cpu/online	pgrep

Reads runtime system information 64 IoCs

Reads data from /proc virtual filesystem.

discovery

description	ioc	Process
File opened for reading	/proc/1156/cmdline	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/1043/stat	pidof
File opened for reading	/proc/204/cmdline	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/75/cmdline	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/500/stat	pidof
File opened for reading	/proc/664/status	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/1052/status	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/1384/cmdline	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/762/stat	pidof
File opened for reading	/proc/1124/stat	pidof
File opened for reading	/proc/1190/cmdline	pidof
File opened for reading	/proc/1124/cmdline	pidof
File opened for reading	/proc/499/cmdline	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/1560/stat	pidof
File opened for reading	/proc/409/status	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/411/status	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/1290/cmdline	pidof
File opened for reading	/proc/664/status	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/946/cmdline	pidof
File opened for reading	/proc/1566/status	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/73/cmdline	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/1588/status	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/73/cmdline	pidof
File opened for reading	/proc/1078/cmdline	pidof
File opened for reading	/proc/1248/cmdline	pidof
File opened for reading	/proc/1317/cmdline	pidof
File opened for reading	/proc/416/status	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/1144/cmdline	pidof
File opened for reading	/proc/24/stat	pidof
File opened for reading	/proc/731/cmdline	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/1427/stat	pidof
File opened for reading	/proc/1309/stat	pidof
File opened for reading	/proc/1159/status	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/93/cmdline	pidof
File opened for reading	/proc/1078/cmdline	pidof
File opened for reading	/proc/1161/cmdline	pidof
File opened for reading	/proc/736/cmdline	pidof
File opened for reading	/proc/1079/stat	pidof
File opened for reading	/proc/20/stat	pidof
File opened for reading	/proc/1589/stat	pidof
File opened for reading	/proc/314/cmdline	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/4/cmdline	pidof
File opened for reading	/proc/78/status	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/227/status	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/204/cmdline	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/110/status	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/1037/status	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/1290/cmdline	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/1567/status	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/722/cmdline	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/1131/stat	pidof
File opened for reading	/proc/638/status	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/1124/cmdline	pidof
File opened for reading	/proc/90/status	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/1273/cmdline	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/1384/cmdline	pidof
File opened for reading	/proc/4/stat	pidof
File opened for reading	/proc/85/cmdline	pidof
File opened for reading	/proc/731/stat	pidof
File opened for reading	/proc/164/cmdline	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/1052/stat	pidof
File opened for reading	/proc/935/stat	pidof
File opened for reading	/proc/1232/status	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/16/cmdline	pidof

/tmp/e7c8836fadd881ce00a1bb75997abc5c716ddd2c6b2081567b958b92cccbd324.elf
/tmp/e7c8836fadd881ce00a1bb75997abc5c716ddd2c6b2081567b958b92cccbd324.elf
1⤵
- Deletes itself
- Modifies hosts file
- Modifies systemd
- Write file to user bin folder
PID:1563
- /bin/sh
  sh -c "pgrep e7c8836fadd881ce00a1bb75997abc5c716ddd2c6b2081567b958b92cccbd324.elf"
  2⤵
  PID:1566
- - /usr/bin/pgrep
    pgrep e7c8836fadd881ce00a1bb75997abc5c716ddd2c6b2081567b958b92cccbd324.elf
    3⤵
    - Reads CPU attributes
    - Reads runtime system information
    PID:1567
- /bin/sh
  sh -c "pidof e7c8836fadd881ce00a1bb75997abc5c716ddd2c6b2081567b958b92cccbd324.elf"
  2⤵
  PID:1580
- - /usr/bin/pidof
    pidof e7c8836fadd881ce00a1bb75997abc5c716ddd2c6b2081567b958b92cccbd324.elf
    3⤵
    - Reads runtime system information
    PID:1581
- /bin/sh
  sh -c "pgrep uplugplay"
  2⤵
  PID:1584
- - /usr/bin/pgrep
    pgrep uplugplay
    3⤵
    - Reads CPU attributes
    - Reads runtime system information
    PID:1585
- /bin/sh
  sh -c "pidof uplugplay"
  2⤵
  PID:1588
- - /usr/bin/pidof
    pidof uplugplay
    3⤵
    - Reads runtime system information
    PID:1589
- /bin/sh
  sh -c "pgrep upnpsetup"
  2⤵
  PID:1592
- - /usr/bin/pgrep
    pgrep upnpsetup
    3⤵
    - Reads CPU attributes
    - Reads runtime system information
    PID:1593
- /bin/sh
  sh -c "pidof upnpsetup"
  2⤵
  PID:1596
- - /usr/bin/pidof
    pidof upnpsetup
    3⤵
    - Reads runtime system information
    PID:1597
- /bin/sh
  sh -c "systemctl daemon-reload"
  2⤵
  PID:1598
- - /usr/bin/systemctl
    systemctl daemon-reload
    3⤵
    PID:1599
- /bin/sh
  sh -c "systemctl enable uplugplay.service"
  2⤵
  PID:1633
- - /usr/bin/systemctl
    systemctl enable uplugplay.service
    3⤵
    PID:1634
- /bin/sh
  sh -c "systemctl start uplugplay.service"
  2⤵
  PID:1670
- - /usr/bin/systemctl
    systemctl start uplugplay.service
    3⤵
    PID:1671

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

T1547

XDG Autostart Entries

T1547.013

Create or Modify System Process

T1543

Systemd Service

T1543.002

Privilege Escalation

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

T1547

XDG Autostart Entries

T1547.013

Create or Modify System Process

T1543

Systemd Service

T1543.002

Defense Evasion

Credential Access

Discovery

System Information Discovery

T1082

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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/usr/lib/systemd/system/uplugplay.service

Filesize
145B

MD5
8ca62d1f47880bce036c2956c9b7b272

SHA1
3bcc3a5c4fcc5b0d08c4524a59f6b8e113b62060

SHA256
c655d3d4e374fad38313ec4262207b2d7d68a870238f203ef3c33f85e66c8e32

SHA512
4cd2d9d67151fa25e833707dee2442c4a5f752053fc2c36ec73c0e2b734c66ca69c63fceb47714d9add5b9fe2eee1e45be5199e2cae7c26173e766b333877da6

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/usr/sbin/uplugplay

Filesize
418KB

MD5
786ee3811fa1230e84b24b4b93fa28a0

SHA1
1a732f7a61a2646460b36980e58dceeefac05d5e

SHA256
e7c8836fadd881ce00a1bb75997abc5c716ddd2c6b2081567b958b92cccbd324

SHA512
9e1352f7b6e2d2d3c8c4fe6e1cc5a85d441568d7684cd9c95c9beee3b5d91b8d8ee4e9b3b7dca205a3ae59129143b36f1f6dcf410597d53771ed69ab3b28c5cc

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Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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