Malware Analysis Report

2025-06-16 02:03

Sample ID 250222-dwennsxmen
Target 44636f62e3feac1b5f4fc444554edc86f0aee968f6c551d1b2a67a0472bf5217.elf
SHA256 44636f62e3feac1b5f4fc444554edc86f0aee968f6c551d1b2a67a0472bf5217
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

44636f62e3feac1b5f4fc444554edc86f0aee968f6c551d1b2a67a0472bf5217

Threat Level: Known bad

The file 44636f62e3feac1b5f4fc444554edc86f0aee968f6c551d1b2a67a0472bf5217.elf was found to be: Known bad.

Malicious Activity Summary

upx prometei_elf botnet discovery miner persistence privilege_escalation

Prometei

Prometei_elf family

Modifies hosts file

Deletes itself

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 03:21

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 03:21

Reported

2025-02-22 03:23

Platform

ubuntu1804-amd64-20240611-en

Max time kernel

6s

Max time network

128s

Command Line

[/tmp/44636f62e3feac1b5f4fc444554edc86f0aee968f6c551d1b2a67a0472bf5217.elf]

Signatures

Prometei

botnet miner prometei_elf

Prometei_elf family

prometei_elf

Deletes itself

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A /tmp/44636f62e3feac1b5f4fc444554edc86f0aee968f6c551d1b2a67a0472bf5217.elf N/A

Modifies hosts file

Description Indicator Process Target
File opened for modification /etc/hosts /tmp/44636f62e3feac1b5f4fc444554edc86f0aee968f6c551d1b2a67a0472bf5217.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/44636f62e3feac1b5f4fc444554edc86f0aee968f6c551d1b2a67a0472bf5217.elf N/A

Write file to user bin folder

persistence
Description Indicator Process Target
File opened for modification /usr/sbin/uplugplay /tmp/44636f62e3feac1b5f4fc444554edc86f0aee968f6c551d1b2a67a0472bf5217.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/176/cmdline /bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/449/stat /bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/4/cmdline /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/9/cmdline /bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/185/cmdline /bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/189/stat /bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/1073/stat /bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/1197/status /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/79/stat /bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/960/cmdline /bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/78/cmdline /bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/1142/cmdline /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/1183/status /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/1273/status /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/35/status /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/474/cmdline /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/32/cmdline /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/460/cmdline /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/1518/stat /bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/1163/cmdline /bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/1155/stat /bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/177/status /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/137/cmdline /bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/183/cmdline /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/34/status /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/606/cmdline /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/1259/cmdline /bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/1499/cmdline /bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/36/status /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/469/cmdline /bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/177/cmdline /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/1088/cmdline /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/115/cmdline /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/cmdline /bin/systemctl N/A
File opened for reading /proc/10/status /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/946/cmdline /bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/494/status /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/2/stat /bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/171/stat /bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/746/status /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/3/status /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/175/cmdline /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/494/stat /bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/1189/status /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/1192/status /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/18/stat /bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/1117/stat /bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/11/cmdline /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/85/stat /bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/1522/cmdline /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/20/cmdline /bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/1318/stat /bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/1494/status /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/185/stat /bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/1060/stat /bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/1318/cmdline /bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/179/stat /bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/1036/status /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/1117/cmdline /bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/184/status /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/184/cmdline /bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/416/stat /bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/84/cmdline /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/955/status /usr/bin/pgrep N/A

Processes

/tmp/44636f62e3feac1b5f4fc444554edc86f0aee968f6c551d1b2a67a0472bf5217.elf

[/tmp/44636f62e3feac1b5f4fc444554edc86f0aee968f6c551d1b2a67a0472bf5217.elf]

/bin/sh

[sh -c pgrep 44636f62e3feac1b5f4fc444554edc86f0aee968f6c551d1b2a67a0472bf5217.elf]

/usr/bin/pgrep

[pgrep 44636f62e3feac1b5f4fc444554edc86f0aee968f6c551d1b2a67a0472bf5217.elf]

/bin/sh

[sh -c pidof 44636f62e3feac1b5f4fc444554edc86f0aee968f6c551d1b2a67a0472bf5217.elf]

/bin/pidof

[pidof 44636f62e3feac1b5f4fc444554edc86f0aee968f6c551d1b2a67a0472bf5217.elf]

/bin/sh

[sh -c pgrep uplugplay]

/usr/bin/pgrep

[pgrep uplugplay]

/bin/sh

[sh -c pidof uplugplay]

/bin/pidof

[pidof uplugplay]

/bin/sh

[sh -c pgrep upnpsetup]

/usr/bin/pgrep

[pgrep upnpsetup]

/bin/sh

[sh -c pidof upnpsetup]

/bin/pidof

[pidof upnpsetup]

/bin/sh

[sh -c systemctl daemon-reload]

/bin/systemctl

[systemctl daemon-reload]

/bin/sh

[sh -c systemctl enable uplugplay.service]

/bin/systemctl

[systemctl enable uplugplay.service]

/bin/sh

[sh -c systemctl start uplugplay.service]

/bin/systemctl

[systemctl start uplugplay.service]

Network

Country Destination Domain Proto
N/A 224.0.0.251:5353 udp
US 151.101.1.91:443 tcp
GB 89.187.167.5:443 tcp
GB 185.125.188.61:443 tcp
GB 185.125.188.61:443 tcp
US 8.8.8.8:53 p3.feefreepool.net udp
DE 88.198.246.242:80 p3.feefreepool.net tcp

Files

memory/1499-1-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000015640f8-memory.dmp

/usr/sbin/uplugplay

MD5 ac5e71aa9f631b755ada6870fc7faf8c
SHA1 8ffc8a216a313bfedb3917a507ad8d71b241950b
SHA256 44636f62e3feac1b5f4fc444554edc86f0aee968f6c551d1b2a67a0472bf5217
SHA512 c0078f0bca201b77bf6b8fe5a7e834794551ed216a1c2db5e97791525b013d2a08c5d446e4780d2dbe3727df0a27139c0417d17a8f717fdb753c0d209a06aa86

/lib/systemd/system/uplugplay.service

MD5 8ca62d1f47880bce036c2956c9b7b272
SHA1 3bcc3a5c4fcc5b0d08c4524a59f6b8e113b62060
SHA256 c655d3d4e374fad38313ec4262207b2d7d68a870238f203ef3c33f85e66c8e32
SHA512 4cd2d9d67151fa25e833707dee2442c4a5f752053fc2c36ec73c0e2b734c66ca69c63fceb47714d9add5b9fe2eee1e45be5199e2cae7c26173e766b333877da6