Malware Analysis Report

2025-06-16 02:03

Sample ID 250222-ff9vzszpz9
Target 9c7b4f05fd4761d4fd73bc172646c890005c037888fcc060552a614bf8bc7881.elf
SHA256 9c7b4f05fd4761d4fd73bc172646c890005c037888fcc060552a614bf8bc7881
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

9c7b4f05fd4761d4fd73bc172646c890005c037888fcc060552a614bf8bc7881

Threat Level: Known bad

The file 9c7b4f05fd4761d4fd73bc172646c890005c037888fcc060552a614bf8bc7881.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

Write file to user bin folder

Modifies systemd

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 04:50

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 04:50

Reported

2025-02-22 04:52

Platform

ubuntu2404-amd64-20240523-en

Max time kernel

7s

Max time network

131s

Command Line

[/tmp/9c7b4f05fd4761d4fd73bc172646c890005c037888fcc060552a614bf8bc7881.elf]

Signatures

Prometei

botnet miner prometei_elf

Prometei_elf family

prometei_elf

Deletes itself

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A /tmp/9c7b4f05fd4761d4fd73bc172646c890005c037888fcc060552a614bf8bc7881.elf N/A

Modifies hosts file

Description Indicator Process Target
File opened for modification /etc/hosts /tmp/9c7b4f05fd4761d4fd73bc172646c890005c037888fcc060552a614bf8bc7881.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/9c7b4f05fd4761d4fd73bc172646c890005c037888fcc060552a614bf8bc7881.elf N/A

Write file to user bin folder

persistence
Description Indicator Process Target
File opened for modification /usr/sbin/uplugplay /tmp/9c7b4f05fd4761d4fd73bc172646c890005c037888fcc060552a614bf8bc7881.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/2844/stat /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/792/cmdline /usr/bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/2538/stat /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/200/stat /usr/bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/2157/cmdline /usr/bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/2652/stat /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/457/cgroup /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/514/cmdline /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/513/cmdline /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/2363/status /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/2466/cgroup /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/27/ctty /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/438/cmdline /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/2137/stat /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/26/cmdline /usr/bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/884/cmdline /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/2843/cgroup /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/24/cgroup /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/38/ctty /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/1127/cmdline /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/2490/stat /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/2855/status /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/2/stat /usr/bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/2217/stat /usr/bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/1258/ctty /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/2055/cgroup /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/27/cmdline /usr/bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/2331/stat /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/19/stat /usr/bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/2330/cmdline /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/35/ctty /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/2241/stat /usr/bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/2527/stat /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/826/stat /usr/bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/44/cmdline /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/71/stat /usr/bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/19/ctty /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/785/ctty /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/2497/cmdline /usr/bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/457/cmdline /usr/bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/1073/cmdline /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/2254/cmdline /usr/bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/2157/stat /usr/bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/182/ctty /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/182/stat /usr/bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/13/cgroup /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/1073/cmdline /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/2137/cgroup /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/2289/stat /usr/bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/2845/cmdline /usr/bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/1053/cgroup /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/48/cmdline /usr/bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/45/cgroup /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/381/stat /usr/bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/25/cmdline /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/49/status /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/2328/cgroup /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/792/stat /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/2344/cmdline /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/34/ctty /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/33/stat /usr/bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/2363/cmdline /usr/bin/pidof N/A
File opened for reading /proc/818/cmdline /usr/bin/pgrep N/A
File opened for reading /proc/2827/ctty /usr/bin/pgrep N/A

Processes

/tmp/9c7b4f05fd4761d4fd73bc172646c890005c037888fcc060552a614bf8bc7881.elf

[/tmp/9c7b4f05fd4761d4fd73bc172646c890005c037888fcc060552a614bf8bc7881.elf]

/bin/sh

[sh -c pgrep 9c7b4f05fd4761d4fd73bc172646c890005c037888fcc060552a614bf8bc7881.elf]

/usr/bin/pgrep

[pgrep 9c7b4f05fd4761d4fd73bc172646c890005c037888fcc060552a614bf8bc7881.elf]

/bin/sh

[sh -c pidof 9c7b4f05fd4761d4fd73bc172646c890005c037888fcc060552a614bf8bc7881.elf]

/usr/bin/pidof

[pidof 9c7b4f05fd4761d4fd73bc172646c890005c037888fcc060552a614bf8bc7881.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/2839-1-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000015640f8-memory.dmp

/usr/sbin/uplugplay

MD5 a6fc9b7448b05ffc77990d93c30b8a7f
SHA1 c2ed55f00ceb0331d8f67b06bf4bbc5a4f646eab
SHA256 9c7b4f05fd4761d4fd73bc172646c890005c037888fcc060552a614bf8bc7881
SHA512 0685f787bd163f068085af732e1f03a24858746c6bc76c307ef9812ae0d593931495fbffc1d1238ab897f16d173e756795aa98de30febac7085372b1806338d3

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

MD5 8ca62d1f47880bce036c2956c9b7b272
SHA1 3bcc3a5c4fcc5b0d08c4524a59f6b8e113b62060
SHA256 c655d3d4e374fad38313ec4262207b2d7d68a870238f203ef3c33f85e66c8e32
SHA512 4cd2d9d67151fa25e833707dee2442c4a5f752053fc2c36ec73c0e2b734c66ca69c63fceb47714d9add5b9fe2eee1e45be5199e2cae7c26173e766b333877da6