Analysis Overview
SHA256
5964738b9569f1b9a057ec622bf1c1abc5dcaf04703056070ae965587c434ff5
Threat Level: Known bad
The file 5964738b9569f1b9a057ec622bf1c1abc5dcaf04703056070ae965587c434ff5.elf was found to be: Known bad.
Malicious Activity Summary
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
Enterprise Matrix V15
Analysis: static1
Detonation Overview
Reported
2025-02-22 03:38
Signatures
UPX packed file
| 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
Signatures
Prometei
Prometei_elf family
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
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| File opened for modification | /lib/systemd/system/uplugplay.service | /tmp/5964738b9569f1b9a057ec622bf1c1abc5dcaf04703056070ae965587c434ff5.elf | N/A |
Write file to user bin folder
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| File opened for modification | /usr/sbin/uplugplay | /tmp/5964738b9569f1b9a057ec622bf1c1abc5dcaf04703056070ae965587c434ff5.elf | N/A |
UPX packed file
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Reads CPU attributes
| 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
| 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
| 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 |