Analysis Overview
SHA256
229a88f5fc2b5e3d9113a5f778ce3c7c520d9507c8d7e43b71c98be6965833f2
Threat Level: Known bad
The file 229a88f5fc2b5e3d9113a5f778ce3c7c520d9507c8d7e43b71c98be6965833f2.elf was found to be: Known bad.
Malicious Activity Summary
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
Reads runtime system information
Enumerates kernel/hardware configuration
MITRE ATT&CK
Enterprise Matrix V15
Analysis: static1
Detonation Overview
Reported
2025-02-22 02:49
Signatures
UPX packed file
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Analysis: behavioral1
Detonation Overview
Submitted
2025-02-22 02:49
Reported
2025-02-22 02:52
Platform
ubuntu2404-amd64-20240523-en
Max time kernel
6s
Max time network
129s
Command Line
Signatures
Prometei
Prometei_elf family
Deletes itself
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | /tmp/229a88f5fc2b5e3d9113a5f778ce3c7c520d9507c8d7e43b71c98be6965833f2.elf | N/A |
Modifies hosts file
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| File opened for modification | /etc/hosts | /tmp/229a88f5fc2b5e3d9113a5f778ce3c7c520d9507c8d7e43b71c98be6965833f2.elf | N/A |
Enumerates running processes
Modifies systemd
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| File opened for modification | /lib/systemd/system/uplugplay.service | /tmp/229a88f5fc2b5e3d9113a5f778ce3c7c520d9507c8d7e43b71c98be6965833f2.elf | N/A |
Write file to user bin folder
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| File opened for modification | /usr/sbin/uplugplay | /tmp/229a88f5fc2b5e3d9113a5f778ce3c7c520d9507c8d7e43b71c98be6965833f2.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/51/ctty | /usr/bin/pgrep | N/A |
| File opened for reading | /proc/1922/stat | /usr/bin/pgrep | N/A |
| File opened for reading | /proc/2245/cmdline | /usr/bin/pidof | N/A |
| File opened for reading | /proc/24/status | /usr/bin/pgrep | N/A |
| File opened for reading | /proc/2005/stat | /usr/bin/pidof | N/A |
| File opened for reading | /proc/1924/stat | /usr/bin/pgrep | N/A |
| File opened for reading | /proc/1989/cmdline | /usr/bin/pgrep | N/A |
| File opened for reading | /proc/2373/cmdline | /usr/bin/pidof | N/A |
| File opened for reading | /proc/53/cmdline | /usr/bin/pidof | N/A |
| File opened for reading | /proc/198/ctty | /usr/bin/pgrep | N/A |
| File opened for reading | /proc/71/stat | /usr/bin/pidof | N/A |
| File opened for reading | /proc/2288/status | /usr/bin/pgrep | N/A |
| File opened for reading | /proc/2523/cmdline | /usr/bin/pgrep | N/A |
| File opened for reading | /proc/2171/status | /usr/bin/pgrep | N/A |
| File opened for reading | /proc/15/status | /usr/bin/pgrep | N/A |
| File opened for reading | /proc/385/cgroup | /usr/bin/pgrep | N/A |
| File opened for reading | /proc/2525/ctty | /usr/bin/pgrep | N/A |
| File opened for reading | /proc/235/stat | /usr/bin/pidof | N/A |
| File opened for reading | /proc/63/status | /usr/bin/pgrep | N/A |
| File opened for reading | /proc/192/cmdline | /usr/bin/pidof | N/A |
| File opened for reading | /proc/38/cmdline | /usr/bin/pgrep | N/A |
| File opened for reading | /proc/4/stat | /usr/bin/pidof | N/A |
| File opened for reading | /proc/17/cmdline | /usr/bin/pidof | N/A |
| File opened for reading | /proc/815/cmdline | /usr/bin/pgrep | N/A |
| File opened for reading | /proc/5/cgroup | /usr/bin/pgrep | N/A |
| File opened for reading | /proc/2178/cgroup | /usr/bin/pgrep | N/A |
| File opened for reading | /proc/2233/ctty | /usr/bin/pgrep | N/A |
| File opened for reading | /proc/1389/stat | /usr/bin/pgrep | N/A |
| File opened for reading | /proc/11/cmdline | /usr/bin/pgrep | N/A |
| File opened for reading | /proc/2525/cmdline | /usr/bin/pidof | N/A |
| File opened for reading | /proc/1061/cgroup | /usr/bin/pgrep | N/A |
| File opened for reading | /proc/1084/stat | /usr/bin/pgrep | N/A |
| File opened for reading | /proc/65/cgroup | /usr/bin/pgrep | N/A |
| File opened for reading | /proc/194/cmdline | /usr/bin/pidof | N/A |
| File opened for reading | /proc/595/cgroup | /usr/bin/pgrep | N/A |
| File opened for reading | /proc/2048/stat | /usr/bin/pidof | N/A |
| File opened for reading | /proc/1806/status | /usr/bin/pgrep | N/A |
| File opened for reading | /proc/1947/stat | /usr/bin/pgrep | N/A |
| File opened for reading | /proc/124/cgroup | /usr/bin/pgrep | N/A |
| File opened for reading | /proc/2008/ctty | /usr/bin/pgrep | N/A |
| File opened for reading | /proc/54/stat | /usr/bin/pidof | N/A |
| File opened for reading | /proc/1041/cmdline | /usr/bin/pidof | N/A |
| File opened for reading | /proc/502/ctty | /usr/bin/pgrep | N/A |
| File opened for reading | /proc/275/cgroup | /usr/bin/pgrep | N/A |
| File opened for reading | /proc/1052/stat | /usr/bin/pidof | N/A |
| File opened for reading | /proc/20/stat | /usr/bin/pgrep | N/A |
| File opened for reading | /proc/1995/ctty | /usr/bin/pgrep | N/A |
| File opened for reading | /proc/2238/stat | /usr/bin/pgrep | N/A |
| File opened for reading | /proc/512/stat | /usr/bin/pgrep | N/A |
| File opened for reading | /proc/767/cmdline | /usr/bin/pidof | N/A |
| File opened for reading | /proc/2522/cmdline | /usr/bin/pidof | N/A |
| File opened for reading | /proc/586/cmdline | /usr/bin/pidof | N/A |
| File opened for reading | /proc/1903/status | /usr/bin/pgrep | N/A |
| File opened for reading | /proc/759/cgroup | /usr/bin/pgrep | N/A |
| File opened for reading | /proc/1119/stat | /usr/bin/pgrep | N/A |
| File opened for reading | /proc/19/stat | /usr/bin/pgrep | N/A |
| File opened for reading | /proc/1922/stat | /usr/bin/pgrep | N/A |
| File opened for reading | /proc/1936/cmdline | /usr/bin/pgrep | N/A |
| File opened for reading | /proc/18/cmdline | /usr/bin/pgrep | N/A |
| File opened for reading | /proc/1334/stat | /usr/bin/pgrep | N/A |
| File opened for reading | /proc/2279/status | /usr/bin/pgrep | N/A |
| File opened for reading | /proc/32/status | /usr/bin/pgrep | N/A |
| File opened for reading | /proc/1975/cmdline | /usr/bin/pgrep | N/A |
| File opened for reading | /proc/2567/stat | /usr/bin/pgrep | N/A |
Processes
/tmp/229a88f5fc2b5e3d9113a5f778ce3c7c520d9507c8d7e43b71c98be6965833f2.elf
[/tmp/229a88f5fc2b5e3d9113a5f778ce3c7c520d9507c8d7e43b71c98be6965833f2.elf]
/bin/sh
[sh -c pgrep 229a88f5fc2b5e3d9113a5f778ce3c7c520d9507c8d7e43b71c98be6965833f2.elf]
/usr/bin/pgrep
[pgrep 229a88f5fc2b5e3d9113a5f778ce3c7c520d9507c8d7e43b71c98be6965833f2.elf]
/bin/sh
[sh -c pidof 229a88f5fc2b5e3d9113a5f778ce3c7c520d9507c8d7e43b71c98be6965833f2.elf]
/usr/bin/pidof
[pidof 229a88f5fc2b5e3d9113a5f778ce3c7c520d9507c8d7e43b71c98be6965833f2.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/2526-1-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000015640f8-memory.dmp
/usr/sbin/uplugplay
| MD5 | c76ed9b09ecd3a95f56db60406a4173f |
| SHA1 | ade347ecbb6dd1ddcdf4f603790912c6b41d295a |
| SHA256 | 229a88f5fc2b5e3d9113a5f778ce3c7c520d9507c8d7e43b71c98be6965833f2 |
| SHA512 | 178fd299d0f6faba6fc19255db5be855c49b459a1a2d911e1572e8bf3f0bd54e55daf025bbef55a764852b97fe9ed54ec4627668177438330116a232bd926014 |
/usr/lib/systemd/system/uplugplay.service
| MD5 | 8ca62d1f47880bce036c2956c9b7b272 |
| SHA1 | 3bcc3a5c4fcc5b0d08c4524a59f6b8e113b62060 |
| SHA256 | c655d3d4e374fad38313ec4262207b2d7d68a870238f203ef3c33f85e66c8e32 |
| SHA512 | 4cd2d9d67151fa25e833707dee2442c4a5f752053fc2c36ec73c0e2b734c66ca69c63fceb47714d9add5b9fe2eee1e45be5199e2cae7c26173e766b333877da6 |