Malware Analysis Report

2025-06-16 02:03

Sample ID 250222-dzx97axnbp
Target 4cdb122fd10f0b1c35eb8a1dbd4c93d7955e0e17821d34a5c98c63a4732ff8d0.elf
SHA256 4cdb122fd10f0b1c35eb8a1dbd4c93d7955e0e17821d34a5c98c63a4732ff8d0
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

4cdb122fd10f0b1c35eb8a1dbd4c93d7955e0e17821d34a5c98c63a4732ff8d0

Threat Level: Known bad

The file 4cdb122fd10f0b1c35eb8a1dbd4c93d7955e0e17821d34a5c98c63a4732ff8d0.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

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

Analysis: static1

Detonation Overview

Reported

2025-02-22 03:27

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 03:27

Reported

2025-02-22 03:29

Platform

ubuntu2404-amd64-20240523-en

Max time kernel

8s

Max time network

131s

Command Line

[/tmp/4cdb122fd10f0b1c35eb8a1dbd4c93d7955e0e17821d34a5c98c63a4732ff8d0.elf]

Signatures

Prometei

botnet miner prometei_elf

Prometei_elf family

prometei_elf

Deletes itself

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A /tmp/4cdb122fd10f0b1c35eb8a1dbd4c93d7955e0e17821d34a5c98c63a4732ff8d0.elf N/A

Modifies hosts file

Description Indicator Process Target
File opened for modification /etc/hosts /tmp/4cdb122fd10f0b1c35eb8a1dbd4c93d7955e0e17821d34a5c98c63a4732ff8d0.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/4cdb122fd10f0b1c35eb8a1dbd4c93d7955e0e17821d34a5c98c63a4732ff8d0.elf N/A

Write file to user bin folder

persistence
Description Indicator Process Target
File opened for modification /usr/sbin/uplugplay /tmp/4cdb122fd10f0b1c35eb8a1dbd4c93d7955e0e17821d34a5c98c63a4732ff8d0.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/1077/cmdline /usr/bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/30/ctty /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/196/status /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/513/status /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/2003/cmdline /usr/bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/31/status /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/1842/cmdline /usr/bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/1/cmdline /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/2003/stat /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/2245/cmdline /usr/bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/6/ctty /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/784/status /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/2030/ctty /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/14/cgroup /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/190/ctty /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/56/stat /usr/bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/7/ctty /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/71/stat /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/1732/status /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/1737/stat /usr/bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/733/status /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/196/ctty /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/50/cgroup /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/275/stat /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/1824/cmdline /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/2346/cgroup /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/2529/status /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/55/ctty /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/2017/cmdline /usr/bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/182/status /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/2308/cmdline /usr/bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/582/cgroup /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/1253/cmdline /usr/bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/792/cmdline /usr/bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/1059/status /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/1737/status /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/191/stat /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/11/cmdline /usr/bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/131/stat /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/8/ctty /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/54/status /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/733/status /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/733/cmdline /usr/bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/1390/stat /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/2548/status /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/21/ctty /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/1064/ctty /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/2193/status /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/1089/ctty /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/2063/cmdline /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/2245/status /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/1933/status /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/358/cmdline /usr/bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/2346/status /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/735/stat /usr/bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/131/status /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/433/status /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/791/status /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/14/ctty /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/71/cgroup /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/198/status /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/582/status /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/1059/cmdline /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/52/stat /usr/bin/pidof N/A

Processes

/tmp/4cdb122fd10f0b1c35eb8a1dbd4c93d7955e0e17821d34a5c98c63a4732ff8d0.elf

[/tmp/4cdb122fd10f0b1c35eb8a1dbd4c93d7955e0e17821d34a5c98c63a4732ff8d0.elf]

/bin/sh

[sh -c pgrep 4cdb122fd10f0b1c35eb8a1dbd4c93d7955e0e17821d34a5c98c63a4732ff8d0.elf]

/usr/bin/pgrep

[pgrep 4cdb122fd10f0b1c35eb8a1dbd4c93d7955e0e17821d34a5c98c63a4732ff8d0.elf]

/bin/sh

[sh -c pidof 4cdb122fd10f0b1c35eb8a1dbd4c93d7955e0e17821d34a5c98c63a4732ff8d0.elf]

/usr/bin/pidof

[pidof 4cdb122fd10f0b1c35eb8a1dbd4c93d7955e0e17821d34a5c98c63a4732ff8d0.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/2533-1-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000015640f8-memory.dmp

/usr/sbin/uplugplay

MD5 61da5878b52c13cc86e54ceae9ad9875
SHA1 dd2bd132248c312a1071d70c94281f801b7989f7
SHA256 4cdb122fd10f0b1c35eb8a1dbd4c93d7955e0e17821d34a5c98c63a4732ff8d0
SHA512 d72421109ca9a8bf6d0f491673a1798ba034713a035d4df5131d42b1b1033e9c7e8e66b20e09b06f0dc8b022e48bb69e63c8190512c105a0537c65980642fb09

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

MD5 8ca62d1f47880bce036c2956c9b7b272
SHA1 3bcc3a5c4fcc5b0d08c4524a59f6b8e113b62060
SHA256 c655d3d4e374fad38313ec4262207b2d7d68a870238f203ef3c33f85e66c8e32
SHA512 4cd2d9d67151fa25e833707dee2442c4a5f752053fc2c36ec73c0e2b734c66ca69c63fceb47714d9add5b9fe2eee1e45be5199e2cae7c26173e766b333877da6