prometei_elf | 8dac5df6e0ffecef37e746c8e8b7ab8e6d622df199897737f43f75ffa2fd9a02

Analysis

max time kernel
5s
max time network
129s
platform
ubuntu-22.04_amd64
resource
ubuntu2204-amd64-20240522.1-en
resource tags

arch:amd64arch:i386image:ubuntu2204-amd64-20240522.1-enkernel:5.15.0-105-genericlocale:en-usos:ubuntu-22.04-amd64system
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18-02-2025 06:18

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General

Target

na.elf
Size

418KB
MD5

376ee7eb042f326fa40f32e28c59b27d
SHA1

839efc24183ad9c36fd77638062183188ab620b0
SHA256

8dac5df6e0ffecef37e746c8e8b7ab8e6d622df199897737f43f75ffa2fd9a02
SHA512

d0caca5d081a880ad0ec7ef23b008b4ba48cbc46654c7c43d3537f891b0b1edb18f87b9042e3fc2ff9efd3d8d577477df573e0fc28a16ce7d09450275eb45f29
SSDEEP

12288:6QIkwT+V+46MTuxN+qpMBUH5kAAxwWVtBeSZ:W4/y+qaBUZJAdVtF

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
1566	na.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	na.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	na.elf

Write file to user bin folder 1 IoCs

persistence

description	ioc	Process
File opened for modification	/usr/sbin/uplugplay	na.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/588/stat	pidof
File opened for reading	/proc/20/cmdline	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/202/cmdline	pidof
File opened for reading	/proc/1282/status	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/1173/stat	pidof
File opened for reading	/proc/216/status	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/225/cmdline	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/119/cmdline	pidof
File opened for reading	/proc/667/status	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/76/stat	pidof
File opened for reading	/proc/1116/cmdline	pidof
File opened for reading	/proc/524/cmdline	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/524/cmdline	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/1083/status	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/1032/stat	pidof
File opened for reading	/proc/19/status	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/206/status	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/22/status	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/199/stat	pidof
File opened for reading	/proc/585/status	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/768/stat	pidof
File opened for reading	/proc/843/stat	pidof
File opened for reading	/proc/1566/cmdline	pidof
File opened for reading	/proc/1043/cmdline	pidof
File opened for reading	/proc/410/cmdline	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/1312/cmdline	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/1012/cmdline	pidof
File opened for reading	/proc/17/cmdline	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/92/cmdline	pidof
File opened for reading	/proc/1083/status	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/782/cmdline	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/113/cmdline	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/1133/cmdline	pidof
File opened for reading	/proc/958/cmdline	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/110/status	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/225/stat	pidof
File opened for reading	/proc/1125/status	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/667/cmdline	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/1055/cmdline	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/1170/cmdline	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/76/cmdline	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/1573/status	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/12/status	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/24/stat	pidof
File opened for reading	/proc/1177/stat	pidof
File opened for reading	/proc/763/status	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/1180/status	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/2/status	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/1116/status	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/11/stat	pidof
File opened for reading	/proc/633/stat	pidof
File opened for reading	/proc/1153/stat	pidof
File opened for reading	/proc/1219/stat	pidof
File opened for reading	/proc/13/stat	pidof
File opened for reading	/proc/470/stat	pidof
File opened for reading	/proc/22/cmdline	pidof
File opened for reading	/proc/427/cmdline	pidof
File opened for reading	/proc/585/status	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/1083/status	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/24/stat	pidof
File opened for reading	/proc/612/cmdline	pidof
File opened for reading	/proc/1450/cmdline	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/219/status	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/163/cmdline	pidof

/tmp/na.elf
/tmp/na.elf
1⤵
- Deletes itself
- Modifies hosts file
- Modifies systemd
- Write file to user bin folder
PID:1566
- /bin/sh
  sh -c "pgrep na.elf"
  2⤵
  PID:1569
- - /usr/bin/pgrep
    pgrep na.elf
    3⤵
    - Reads CPU attributes
    - Reads runtime system information
    PID:1570
- /bin/sh
  sh -c "pgrep uplugplay"
  2⤵
  PID:1573
- - /usr/bin/pgrep
    pgrep uplugplay
    3⤵
    - Reads CPU attributes
    - Reads runtime system information
    PID:1574
- /bin/sh
  sh -c "pidof uplugplay"
  2⤵
  PID:1581
- - /usr/bin/pidof
    pidof uplugplay
    3⤵
    - Reads runtime system information
    PID:1582
- /bin/sh
  sh -c "pgrep upnpsetup"
  2⤵
  PID:1585
- - /usr/bin/pgrep
    pgrep upnpsetup
    3⤵
    - Reads CPU attributes
    - Reads runtime system information
    PID:1586
- /bin/sh
  sh -c "pidof upnpsetup"
  2⤵
  PID:1595
- - /usr/bin/pidof
    pidof upnpsetup
    3⤵
    - Reads runtime system information
    PID:1596
- /bin/sh
  sh -c "systemctl daemon-reload"
  2⤵
  PID:1597
- - /usr/bin/systemctl
    systemctl daemon-reload
    3⤵
    PID:1598
- /bin/sh
  sh -c "systemctl enable uplugplay.service"
  2⤵
  PID:1632
- - /usr/bin/systemctl
    systemctl enable uplugplay.service
    3⤵
    PID:1633
- /bin/sh
  sh -c "systemctl start uplugplay.service"
  2⤵
  PID:1669
- - /usr/bin/systemctl
    systemctl start uplugplay.service
    3⤵
    PID:1670

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
376ee7eb042f326fa40f32e28c59b27d

SHA1
839efc24183ad9c36fd77638062183188ab620b0

SHA256
8dac5df6e0ffecef37e746c8e8b7ab8e6d622df199897737f43f75ffa2fd9a02

SHA512
d0caca5d081a880ad0ec7ef23b008b4ba48cbc46654c7c43d3537f891b0b1edb18f87b9042e3fc2ff9efd3d8d577477df573e0fc28a16ce7d09450275eb45f29

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Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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