Malware Analysis Report

2025-06-16 02:03

Sample ID 250222-dbatzsykz2
Target 229a88f5fc2b5e3d9113a5f778ce3c7c520d9507c8d7e43b71c98be6965833f2.elf
SHA256 229a88f5fc2b5e3d9113a5f778ce3c7c520d9507c8d7e43b71c98be6965833f2
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

229a88f5fc2b5e3d9113a5f778ce3c7c520d9507c8d7e43b71c98be6965833f2

Threat Level: Known bad

The file 229a88f5fc2b5e3d9113a5f778ce3c7c520d9507c8d7e43b71c98be6965833f2.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

Reads runtime system information

Enumerates kernel/hardware configuration

MITRE ATT&CK

Analysis: static1

Detonation Overview

Reported

2025-02-22 02:49

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 02:49

Reported

2025-02-22 02:52

Platform

ubuntu2404-amd64-20240523-en

Max time kernel

6s

Max time network

129s

Command Line

[/tmp/229a88f5fc2b5e3d9113a5f778ce3c7c520d9507c8d7e43b71c98be6965833f2.elf]

Signatures

Prometei

botnet miner prometei_elf

Prometei_elf family

prometei_elf

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

persistence privilege_escalation
Description Indicator Process Target
File opened for modification /lib/systemd/system/uplugplay.service /tmp/229a88f5fc2b5e3d9113a5f778ce3c7c520d9507c8d7e43b71c98be6965833f2.elf N/A

Write file to user bin folder

persistence
Description Indicator Process Target
File opened for modification /usr/sbin/uplugplay /tmp/229a88f5fc2b5e3d9113a5f778ce3c7c520d9507c8d7e43b71c98be6965833f2.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/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