Malware Analysis Report

2025-06-16 02:03

Sample ID 250222-d7jrrsyqz3
Target 5964738b9569f1b9a057ec622bf1c1abc5dcaf04703056070ae965587c434ff5.elf
SHA256 5964738b9569f1b9a057ec622bf1c1abc5dcaf04703056070ae965587c434ff5
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

5964738b9569f1b9a057ec622bf1c1abc5dcaf04703056070ae965587c434ff5

Threat Level: Known bad

The file 5964738b9569f1b9a057ec622bf1c1abc5dcaf04703056070ae965587c434ff5.elf was found to be: Known bad.

Malicious Activity Summary

upx prometei_elf botnet discovery miner persistence privilege_escalation

Prometei_elf family

Prometei

Deletes itself

Modifies hosts file

Modifies systemd

Enumerates running processes

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 03:38

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 03:38

Reported

2025-02-22 03:41

Platform

ubuntu2404-amd64-20240523-en

Max time kernel

7s

Max time network

128s

Command Line

[/tmp/5964738b9569f1b9a057ec622bf1c1abc5dcaf04703056070ae965587c434ff5.elf]

Signatures

Prometei

botnet miner prometei_elf

Prometei_elf family

prometei_elf

Deletes itself

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A /tmp/5964738b9569f1b9a057ec622bf1c1abc5dcaf04703056070ae965587c434ff5.elf N/A

Modifies hosts file

Description Indicator Process Target
File opened for modification /etc/hosts /tmp/5964738b9569f1b9a057ec622bf1c1abc5dcaf04703056070ae965587c434ff5.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/5964738b9569f1b9a057ec622bf1c1abc5dcaf04703056070ae965587c434ff5.elf N/A

Write file to user bin folder

persistence
Description Indicator Process Target
File opened for modification /usr/sbin/uplugplay /tmp/5964738b9569f1b9a057ec622bf1c1abc5dcaf04703056070ae965587c434ff5.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/2293/cmdline /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/43/stat /usr/bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/53/cgroup /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/1838/status /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/23/stat /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/200/ctty /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/750/cmdline /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/18/stat /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/773/ctty /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/1864/stat /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/2/stat /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/1776/stat /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/1784/cmdline /usr/bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/357/ctty /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/386/ctty /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/588/cgroup /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/1684/stat /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/2133/stat /usr/bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/892/ctty /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/1694/ctty /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/1059/cgroup /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/2226/stat /usr/bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/2/cgroup /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/182/stat /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/3/cmdline /usr/bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/31/cmdline /usr/bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/24/ctty /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/4/cmdline /usr/bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/514/status /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/2128/status /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/2484/ctty /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/24/cmdline /usr/bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/2523/stat /usr/bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/29/stat /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/1960/cmdline /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/1974/cgroup /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/51/cmdline /usr/bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/42/status /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/275/cmdline /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/385/cgroup /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/2200/stat /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/1802/cmdline /usr/bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/1692/cmdline /usr/bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/11/cmdline /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/1670/cgroup /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/761/stat /usr/bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/34/ctty /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/599/ctty /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/39/status /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/1861/cmdline /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/20/status /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/884/cmdline /usr/bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/2000/cmdline /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/40/stat /usr/bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/16/stat /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/2173/stat /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/2191/cgroup /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/12/stat /usr/bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/1802/stat /usr/bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/2226/cmdline /usr/bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/1979/stat /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/884/cmdline /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/1072/stat /usr/bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/8/cmdline /usr/bin/pgrep N/A

Processes

/tmp/5964738b9569f1b9a057ec622bf1c1abc5dcaf04703056070ae965587c434ff5.elf

[/tmp/5964738b9569f1b9a057ec622bf1c1abc5dcaf04703056070ae965587c434ff5.elf]

/bin/sh

[sh -c pgrep 5964738b9569f1b9a057ec622bf1c1abc5dcaf04703056070ae965587c434ff5.elf]

/usr/bin/pgrep

[pgrep 5964738b9569f1b9a057ec622bf1c1abc5dcaf04703056070ae965587c434ff5.elf]

/bin/sh

[sh -c pidof 5964738b9569f1b9a057ec622bf1c1abc5dcaf04703056070ae965587c434ff5.elf]

/usr/bin/pidof

[pidof 5964738b9569f1b9a057ec622bf1c1abc5dcaf04703056070ae965587c434ff5.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/2485-1-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000015640f8-memory.dmp

/usr/sbin/uplugplay

MD5 f7d35b08a4078e67c5ef57901d6479d4
SHA1 e4e4062dc509ab71420500a71e3b8a85c358e57a
SHA256 5964738b9569f1b9a057ec622bf1c1abc5dcaf04703056070ae965587c434ff5
SHA512 3c4b2fdf1d61a133aedb4f739ff505e32821f3b616751aadd76eda0f08e261c68151afa8edc57e72d50f1b3be5f353cff0c42f955ad63a58a62568c1ae210492

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

MD5 8ca62d1f47880bce036c2956c9b7b272
SHA1 3bcc3a5c4fcc5b0d08c4524a59f6b8e113b62060
SHA256 c655d3d4e374fad38313ec4262207b2d7d68a870238f203ef3c33f85e66c8e32
SHA512 4cd2d9d67151fa25e833707dee2442c4a5f752053fc2c36ec73c0e2b734c66ca69c63fceb47714d9add5b9fe2eee1e45be5199e2cae7c26173e766b333877da6