Malware Analysis Report

2025-06-16 02:03

Sample ID 250222-crt25axqv7
Target 0429c465ced3531989bd4746a145809f798fcd1035e5e66ed84c6de11070833e.elf
SHA256 0429c465ced3531989bd4746a145809f798fcd1035e5e66ed84c6de11070833e
Tags
upx prometei_elf botnet discovery miner persistence privilege_escalation
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

0429c465ced3531989bd4746a145809f798fcd1035e5e66ed84c6de11070833e

Threat Level: Known bad

The file 0429c465ced3531989bd4746a145809f798fcd1035e5e66ed84c6de11070833e.elf was found to be: Known bad.

Malicious Activity Summary

upx prometei_elf botnet discovery miner persistence privilege_escalation

Prometei

Prometei_elf family

Deletes itself

Modifies hosts file

Enumerates running processes

Modifies systemd

Write file to user bin folder

UPX packed file

Reads CPU attributes

Enumerates kernel/hardware configuration

Reads runtime system information

MITRE ATT&CK

Analysis: static1

Detonation Overview

Reported

2025-02-22 02:19

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 02:19

Reported

2025-02-22 02:21

Platform

ubuntu2404-amd64-20240523-en

Max time kernel

8s

Max time network

131s

Command Line

[/tmp/0429c465ced3531989bd4746a145809f798fcd1035e5e66ed84c6de11070833e.elf]

Signatures

Prometei

botnet miner prometei_elf

Prometei_elf family

prometei_elf

Deletes itself

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A /tmp/0429c465ced3531989bd4746a145809f798fcd1035e5e66ed84c6de11070833e.elf N/A

Modifies hosts file

Description Indicator Process Target
File opened for modification /etc/hosts /tmp/0429c465ced3531989bd4746a145809f798fcd1035e5e66ed84c6de11070833e.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/0429c465ced3531989bd4746a145809f798fcd1035e5e66ed84c6de11070833e.elf N/A

Write file to user bin folder

persistence
Description Indicator Process Target
File opened for modification /usr/sbin/uplugplay /tmp/0429c465ced3531989bd4746a145809f798fcd1035e5e66ed84c6de11070833e.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/possible /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /sys/devices/system/cpu/possible /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /sys/devices/system/cpu/possible /usr/bin/pgrep N/A

Enumerates kernel/hardware configuration

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

Reads runtime system information

discovery
Description Indicator Process Target
File opened for reading /proc/1085/stat /usr/bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/2300/cmdline /usr/bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/753/stat /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/828/cmdline /usr/bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/self/status /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/2347/stat /usr/bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/2867/cmdline /usr/bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/457/stat /usr/bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/2369/cgroup /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/2841/status /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/194/cmdline /usr/bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/194/status /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/2353/stat /usr/bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/56/cmdline /usr/bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/16/cgroup /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/43/cmdline /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/2468/cmdline /usr/bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/32/cgroup /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/34/stat /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/186/ctty /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/195/cgroup /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/2525/status /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/195/stat /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/2525/stat /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/2539/stat /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/7/cmdline /usr/bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/44/stat /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/374/status /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/186/cmdline /usr/bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/2523/ctty /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/2495/ctty /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/2359/cgroup /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/20/cmdline /usr/bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/374/status /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/418/status /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/55/cmdline /usr/bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/47/cmdline /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/2525/stat /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/2691/cmdline /usr/bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/12/cgroup /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/457/cmdline /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/1067/cmdline /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/2554/cgroup /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/2628/cmdline /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/2585/stat /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/47/cmdline /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/2367/cgroup /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/43/stat /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/439/ctty /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/2181/status /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/2300/stat /usr/bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/1085/cgroup /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/2366/stat /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/2069/stat /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/63/stat /usr/bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/2352/status /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/2591/cgroup /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/185/cmdline /usr/bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/52/cmdline /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/275/status /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/1400/stat /usr/bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/2189/cmdline /usr/bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/2373/cmdline /usr/bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/13/stat /usr/bin/pgrep N/A

Processes

/tmp/0429c465ced3531989bd4746a145809f798fcd1035e5e66ed84c6de11070833e.elf

[/tmp/0429c465ced3531989bd4746a145809f798fcd1035e5e66ed84c6de11070833e.elf]

/bin/sh

[sh -c pgrep 0429c465ced3531989bd4746a145809f798fcd1035e5e66ed84c6de11070833e.elf]

/usr/bin/pgrep

[pgrep 0429c465ced3531989bd4746a145809f798fcd1035e5e66ed84c6de11070833e.elf]

/bin/sh

[sh -c pidof 0429c465ced3531989bd4746a145809f798fcd1035e5e66ed84c6de11070833e.elf]

/usr/bin/pidof

[pidof 0429c465ced3531989bd4746a145809f798fcd1035e5e66ed84c6de11070833e.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/2869-1-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000015640f8-memory.dmp

/usr/sbin/uplugplay

MD5 f0e2395b29bcd6bb1663b57f667a6a73
SHA1 10e1f2d8565ffc51ec60b2843044371cf2816e36
SHA256 0429c465ced3531989bd4746a145809f798fcd1035e5e66ed84c6de11070833e
SHA512 44d453fe6ede029313d8cf0e4f1666c023a51b4de64720eba45b4f874f214d84348d76dbb830051bb273fd6acd90f5d6b97746f64f74c4ff6dd15f58550633e2

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

MD5 8ca62d1f47880bce036c2956c9b7b272
SHA1 3bcc3a5c4fcc5b0d08c4524a59f6b8e113b62060
SHA256 c655d3d4e374fad38313ec4262207b2d7d68a870238f203ef3c33f85e66c8e32
SHA512 4cd2d9d67151fa25e833707dee2442c4a5f752053fc2c36ec73c0e2b734c66ca69c63fceb47714d9add5b9fe2eee1e45be5199e2cae7c26173e766b333877da6