Malware Analysis Report

2025-06-16 02:03

Sample ID 250222-esdsmsxmcz
Target 734ecc20e225d2414a5d0810f76f6246c69ce5b81609699667e2857205e8c029.elf
SHA256 734ecc20e225d2414a5d0810f76f6246c69ce5b81609699667e2857205e8c029
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

734ecc20e225d2414a5d0810f76f6246c69ce5b81609699667e2857205e8c029

Threat Level: Known bad

The file 734ecc20e225d2414a5d0810f76f6246c69ce5b81609699667e2857205e8c029.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

Write file to user bin folder

Enumerates running processes

Modifies systemd

UPX packed file

Reads CPU attributes

Reads runtime system information

MITRE ATT&CK

Analysis: static1

Detonation Overview

Reported

2025-02-22 04:11

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 04:11

Reported

2025-02-22 04:14

Platform

ubuntu1804-amd64-20240611-en

Max time kernel

6s

Max time network

128s

Command Line

[/tmp/734ecc20e225d2414a5d0810f76f6246c69ce5b81609699667e2857205e8c029.elf]

Signatures

Prometei

botnet miner prometei_elf

Prometei_elf family

prometei_elf

Deletes itself

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A /tmp/734ecc20e225d2414a5d0810f76f6246c69ce5b81609699667e2857205e8c029.elf N/A

Modifies hosts file

Description Indicator Process Target
File opened for modification /etc/hosts /tmp/734ecc20e225d2414a5d0810f76f6246c69ce5b81609699667e2857205e8c029.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/734ecc20e225d2414a5d0810f76f6246c69ce5b81609699667e2857205e8c029.elf N/A

Write file to user bin folder

persistence
Description Indicator Process Target
File opened for modification /usr/sbin/uplugplay /tmp/734ecc20e225d2414a5d0810f76f6246c69ce5b81609699667e2857205e8c029.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/672/cmdline /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/1100/status /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/409/cmdline /bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/1092/stat /bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/24/stat /bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/1165/cmdline /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/174/cmdline /bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/166/status /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/436/status /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/672/stat /bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/174/stat /bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/1256/cmdline /bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/160/cmdline /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/676/cmdline /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/404/cmdline /bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/1325/stat /bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/463/stat /bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/526/cmdline /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/632/stat /bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/158/cmdline /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/968/cmdline /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/1163/cmdline /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/1242/stat /bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/1485/cmdline /bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/1335/stat /bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/676/cmdline /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/1134/cmdline /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/19/cmdline /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/28/stat /bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/31/cmdline /bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/404/stat /bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/902/cmdline /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/26/status /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/98/stat /bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/13/cmdline /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/176/cmdline /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/17/stat /bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/1041/cmdline /bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/31/cmdline /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/997/status /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/510/stat /bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/27/cmdline /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/84/cmdline /bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/632/cmdline /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/1293/cmdline /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/1011/cmdline /bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/80/cmdline /bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/162/cmdline /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/1212/cmdline /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/1461/status /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/10/status /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/568/status /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/1482/status /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/1241/cmdline /bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/20/status /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/1205/status /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/568/stat /bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/1461/cmdline /bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/1270/cmdline /bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/7/status /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/425/cmdline /bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/406/status /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/992/stat /bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/1477/stat /bin/pidof N/A

Processes

/tmp/734ecc20e225d2414a5d0810f76f6246c69ce5b81609699667e2857205e8c029.elf

[/tmp/734ecc20e225d2414a5d0810f76f6246c69ce5b81609699667e2857205e8c029.elf]

/bin/sh

[sh -c pgrep 734ecc20e225d2414a5d0810f76f6246c69ce5b81609699667e2857205e8c029.elf]

/usr/bin/pgrep

[pgrep 734ecc20e225d2414a5d0810f76f6246c69ce5b81609699667e2857205e8c029.elf]

/bin/sh

[sh -c pidof 734ecc20e225d2414a5d0810f76f6246c69ce5b81609699667e2857205e8c029.elf]

/bin/pidof

[pidof 734ecc20e225d2414a5d0810f76f6246c69ce5b81609699667e2857205e8c029.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 151.101.193.91:443 tcp
GB 195.181.164.14:443 tcp
GB 185.125.188.62:443 tcp
GB 185.125.188.62:443 tcp
US 8.8.8.8:53 p3.feefreepool.net udp
DE 88.198.246.242:80 p3.feefreepool.net tcp

Files

memory/1482-1-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000015640f8-memory.dmp

/usr/sbin/uplugplay

MD5 0b6d0c898cefb78ebbdd26609e818a46
SHA1 4f29a29d7a6004e3c9b19e7c6480bee778c7c9ad
SHA256 734ecc20e225d2414a5d0810f76f6246c69ce5b81609699667e2857205e8c029
SHA512 3226eb9f93463cd27eaba70f5739b69ae95b8da3630ef0425e46eaa6db38c2fbfa7a8c17fec363a410e04533f5dd60bc03f93da797861c5c0c3d52f1bad663b8

/lib/systemd/system/uplugplay.service

MD5 8ca62d1f47880bce036c2956c9b7b272
SHA1 3bcc3a5c4fcc5b0d08c4524a59f6b8e113b62060
SHA256 c655d3d4e374fad38313ec4262207b2d7d68a870238f203ef3c33f85e66c8e32
SHA512 4cd2d9d67151fa25e833707dee2442c4a5f752053fc2c36ec73c0e2b734c66ca69c63fceb47714d9add5b9fe2eee1e45be5199e2cae7c26173e766b333877da6