Malware Analysis Report

2025-06-16 02:03

Sample ID 250222-c35b8swkew
Target 13ad819448e3bb7477f5d0191fe7322927a5396ae2ed21faa43e4a2b84e3a449.elf
SHA256 13ad819448e3bb7477f5d0191fe7322927a5396ae2ed21faa43e4a2b84e3a449
Tags
prometei_elf botnet discovery miner persistence privilege_escalation upx
score
10/10

Table of Contents

Analysis Overview

MITRE ATT&CK

Enterprise Matrix V15

Analysis: static1

Detonation Overview

Signatures

Analysis: behavioral1

Detonation Overview

Command Line

Signatures

Processes

Network

Files

Analysis Overview

score
10/10

SHA256

13ad819448e3bb7477f5d0191fe7322927a5396ae2ed21faa43e4a2b84e3a449

Threat Level: Known bad

The file 13ad819448e3bb7477f5d0191fe7322927a5396ae2ed21faa43e4a2b84e3a449.elf was found to be: Known bad.

Malicious Activity Summary

prometei_elf botnet discovery miner persistence privilege_escalation upx

Prometei_elf family

Prometei

Modifies hosts file

Deletes itself

Enumerates running processes

Modifies systemd

Write file to user bin folder

UPX packed file

Reads CPU attributes

Reads runtime system information

MITRE ATT&CK

Analysis: static1

Detonation Overview

Reported

2025-02-22 02:37

Signatures

UPX packed file

upx
Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A N/A N/A

Analysis: behavioral1

Detonation Overview

Submitted

2025-02-22 02:37

Reported

2025-02-22 02:39

Platform

ubuntu2204-amd64-20240611-en

Max time kernel

8s

Max time network

131s

Command Line

[/tmp/13ad819448e3bb7477f5d0191fe7322927a5396ae2ed21faa43e4a2b84e3a449.elf]

Signatures

Prometei

botnet miner prometei_elf

Prometei_elf family

prometei_elf

Deletes itself

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A /tmp/13ad819448e3bb7477f5d0191fe7322927a5396ae2ed21faa43e4a2b84e3a449.elf N/A

Modifies hosts file

Description Indicator Process Target
File opened for modification /etc/hosts /tmp/13ad819448e3bb7477f5d0191fe7322927a5396ae2ed21faa43e4a2b84e3a449.elf N/A

Enumerates running processes

Modifies systemd

persistence privilege_escalation
Description Indicator Process Target
File opened for modification /lib/systemd/system/uplugplay.service /tmp/13ad819448e3bb7477f5d0191fe7322927a5396ae2ed21faa43e4a2b84e3a449.elf N/A

Write file to user bin folder

persistence
Description Indicator Process Target
File opened for modification /usr/sbin/uplugplay /tmp/13ad819448e3bb7477f5d0191fe7322927a5396ae2ed21faa43e4a2b84e3a449.elf N/A

UPX packed file

upx
Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A N/A N/A

Reads CPU attributes

discovery
Description Indicator Process Target
File opened for reading /sys/devices/system/cpu/online /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /sys/devices/system/cpu/online /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /sys/devices/system/cpu/online /usr/bin/pgrep N/A

Reads runtime system information

discovery
Description Indicator Process Target
File opened for reading /proc/1571/stat /usr/bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/868/cmdline /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/629/cmdline /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/216/stat /usr/bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/216/cmdline /usr/bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/259/stat /usr/bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/4/cmdline /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/4/stat /usr/bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/22/cmdline /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/1122/cmdline /usr/bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/224/status /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/1532/cmdline /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/85/stat /usr/bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/1321/stat /usr/bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/1529/cmdline /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/1571/cmdline /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/218/stat /usr/bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/1157/cmdline /usr/bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/410/cmdline /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/980/cmdline /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/669/cmdline /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/645/cmdline /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/745/status /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/1621/status /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/219/stat /usr/bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/217/status /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/7/cmdline /usr/bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/1030/stat /usr/bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/1410/cmdline /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/215/cmdline /usr/bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/310/stat /usr/bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/101/status /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/588/stat /usr/bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/1030/status /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/18/cmdline /usr/bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/22/cmdline /usr/bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/24/cmdline /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/1156/cmdline /usr/bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/1473/stat /usr/bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/1156/status /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/840/stat /usr/bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/772/cmdline /usr/bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/745/cmdline /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/1625/status /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/959/stat /usr/bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/1164/stat /usr/bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/77/cmdline /usr/bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/1407/status /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/953/stat /usr/bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/uptime /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/1157/status /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/1586/stat /usr/bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/211/cmdline /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/93/stat /usr/bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/497/stat /usr/bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/219/cmdline /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/1068/stat /usr/bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/27/status /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/584/status /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/1289/cmdline /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/74/stat /usr/bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/212/stat /usr/bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/1050/status /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/660/cmdline /usr/bin/pgrep N/A

Processes

/tmp/13ad819448e3bb7477f5d0191fe7322927a5396ae2ed21faa43e4a2b84e3a449.elf

[/tmp/13ad819448e3bb7477f5d0191fe7322927a5396ae2ed21faa43e4a2b84e3a449.elf]

/bin/sh

[sh -c pgrep 13ad819448e3bb7477f5d0191fe7322927a5396ae2ed21faa43e4a2b84e3a449.elf]

/usr/bin/pgrep

[pgrep 13ad819448e3bb7477f5d0191fe7322927a5396ae2ed21faa43e4a2b84e3a449.elf]

/bin/sh

[sh -c pidof 13ad819448e3bb7477f5d0191fe7322927a5396ae2ed21faa43e4a2b84e3a449.elf]

/usr/bin/pidof

[pidof 13ad819448e3bb7477f5d0191fe7322927a5396ae2ed21faa43e4a2b84e3a449.elf]

/bin/sh

[sh -c pgrep uplugplay]

/usr/bin/pgrep

[pgrep uplugplay]

/bin/sh

[sh -c pidof uplugplay]

/usr/bin/pidof

[pidof uplugplay]

/bin/sh

[sh -c pgrep upnpsetup]

/usr/bin/pgrep

[pgrep upnpsetup]

/bin/sh

[sh -c pidof upnpsetup]

/usr/bin/pidof

[pidof upnpsetup]

/bin/sh

[sh -c systemctl daemon-reload]

/usr/bin/systemctl

[systemctl daemon-reload]

/bin/sh

[sh -c systemctl enable uplugplay.service]

/usr/bin/systemctl

[systemctl enable uplugplay.service]

/bin/sh

[sh -c systemctl start uplugplay.service]

/usr/bin/systemctl

[systemctl start uplugplay.service]

Network

Country Destination Domain Proto
N/A 224.0.0.251:5353 udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 p3.feefreepool.net udp
DE 88.198.246.242:80 p3.feefreepool.net tcp

Files

memory/1589-1-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000015640f8-memory.dmp

/usr/sbin/uplugplay

MD5 c925d1ffdb3eb8a5231cd125bb26cc3b
SHA1 547e54a122ff089e0d172cddfc1d18a3e87e7ab4
SHA256 13ad819448e3bb7477f5d0191fe7322927a5396ae2ed21faa43e4a2b84e3a449
SHA512 15322140eaa35027388a41239263e122d19d66ad3f7164e7ccda73cd06cdc48f057d6a6ba90803c20f47f3363cfc6e485325ef789432dc115d4a74b73dc55c21

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

MD5 8ca62d1f47880bce036c2956c9b7b272
SHA1 3bcc3a5c4fcc5b0d08c4524a59f6b8e113b62060
SHA256 c655d3d4e374fad38313ec4262207b2d7d68a870238f203ef3c33f85e66c8e32
SHA512 4cd2d9d67151fa25e833707dee2442c4a5f752053fc2c36ec73c0e2b734c66ca69c63fceb47714d9add5b9fe2eee1e45be5199e2cae7c26173e766b333877da6