Malware Analysis Report

2025-06-16 02:03

Sample ID 250222-drnqsawpds
Target 3c9185683382fb1ee7802f6b58ae7100be868d39158b33476ddd70cf5df6e15c.elf
SHA256 3c9185683382fb1ee7802f6b58ae7100be868d39158b33476ddd70cf5df6e15c
Tags
prometei_elf botnet discovery miner persistence privilege_escalation upx
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

3c9185683382fb1ee7802f6b58ae7100be868d39158b33476ddd70cf5df6e15c

Threat Level: Known bad

The file 3c9185683382fb1ee7802f6b58ae7100be868d39158b33476ddd70cf5df6e15c.elf was found to be: Known bad.

Malicious Activity Summary

prometei_elf botnet discovery miner persistence privilege_escalation upx

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

MITRE ATT&CK

Analysis: static1

Detonation Overview

Reported

2025-02-22 03:14

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 03:14

Reported

2025-02-22 03:17

Platform

ubuntu2204-amd64-20240611-en

Max time kernel

7s

Max time network

131s

Command Line

[/tmp/3c9185683382fb1ee7802f6b58ae7100be868d39158b33476ddd70cf5df6e15c.elf]

Signatures

Prometei

botnet miner prometei_elf

Prometei_elf family

prometei_elf

Deletes itself

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A /tmp/3c9185683382fb1ee7802f6b58ae7100be868d39158b33476ddd70cf5df6e15c.elf N/A

Modifies hosts file

Description Indicator Process Target
File opened for modification /etc/hosts /tmp/3c9185683382fb1ee7802f6b58ae7100be868d39158b33476ddd70cf5df6e15c.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/3c9185683382fb1ee7802f6b58ae7100be868d39158b33476ddd70cf5df6e15c.elf N/A

Write file to user bin folder

persistence
Description Indicator Process Target
File opened for modification /usr/sbin/uplugplay /tmp/3c9185683382fb1ee7802f6b58ae7100be868d39158b33476ddd70cf5df6e15c.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/online /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /sys/devices/system/cpu/online /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /sys/devices/system/cpu/online /usr/bin/pgrep N/A

Reads runtime system information

discovery
Description Indicator Process Target
File opened for reading /proc/1296/status /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/1050/stat /usr/bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/590/status /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/754/cmdline /usr/bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/1122/stat /usr/bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/20/status /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/1150/status /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/763/stat /usr/bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/13/cmdline /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/22/status /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/17/stat /usr/bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/582/status /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/79/cmdline /usr/bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/1268/stat /usr/bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/1070/cmdline /usr/bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/101/cmdline /usr/bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/210/cmdline /usr/bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/99/status /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/408/stat /usr/bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/1/cmdline /usr/bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/8/cmdline /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/1629/cmdline /usr/bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/606/cmdline /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/97/cmdline /usr/bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/588/status /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/953/cmdline /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/1100/cmdline /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/17/cmdline /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/1268/cmdline /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/82/cmdline /usr/bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/223/stat /usr/bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/1051/cmdline /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/211/stat /usr/bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/311/stat /usr/bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/446/cmdline /usr/bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/602/stat /usr/bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/23/cmdline /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/222/status /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/1154/cmdline /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/1338/status /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/1156/cmdline /usr/bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/1107/status /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/1159/status /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/4/cmdline /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/18/stat /usr/bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/1196/cmdline /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/112/cmdline /usr/bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/1426/cmdline /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/1193/cmdline /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/311/stat /usr/bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/24/status /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/77/stat /usr/bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/1577/cmdline /usr/bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/78/cmdline /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/1184/cmdline /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/216/cmdline /usr/bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/968/cmdline /usr/bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/6/stat /usr/bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/15/cmdline /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/11/stat /usr/bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/446/cmdline /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/584/status /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/1056/status /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/19/status /usr/bin/pgrep N/A

Processes

/tmp/3c9185683382fb1ee7802f6b58ae7100be868d39158b33476ddd70cf5df6e15c.elf

[/tmp/3c9185683382fb1ee7802f6b58ae7100be868d39158b33476ddd70cf5df6e15c.elf]

/bin/sh

[sh -c pgrep 3c9185683382fb1ee7802f6b58ae7100be868d39158b33476ddd70cf5df6e15c.elf]

/usr/bin/pgrep

[pgrep 3c9185683382fb1ee7802f6b58ae7100be868d39158b33476ddd70cf5df6e15c.elf]

/bin/sh

[sh -c pidof 3c9185683382fb1ee7802f6b58ae7100be868d39158b33476ddd70cf5df6e15c.elf]

/usr/bin/pidof

[pidof 3c9185683382fb1ee7802f6b58ae7100be868d39158b33476ddd70cf5df6e15c.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/1588-1-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000015640f8-memory.dmp

/usr/sbin/uplugplay

MD5 ae405420c45daa51c4752cd8915bdb97
SHA1 b290b871082ff205fce7aaf334c20012a797da2a
SHA256 3c9185683382fb1ee7802f6b58ae7100be868d39158b33476ddd70cf5df6e15c
SHA512 0cdfd69cfc0d03a9132ac80e5de79f200d094e2bfec027040bb6ce971873b5a97de9e7976a1375d50c9ec889ceeb5c583c9d544e96328cbd0e5f1be6f059a98c

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

MD5 8ca62d1f47880bce036c2956c9b7b272
SHA1 3bcc3a5c4fcc5b0d08c4524a59f6b8e113b62060
SHA256 c655d3d4e374fad38313ec4262207b2d7d68a870238f203ef3c33f85e66c8e32
SHA512 4cd2d9d67151fa25e833707dee2442c4a5f752053fc2c36ec73c0e2b734c66ca69c63fceb47714d9add5b9fe2eee1e45be5199e2cae7c26173e766b333877da6