prometei_elf | 218cab59b59cdacd44e2285a6b830e92730ed833157cc59b52616d0835fcfa38

Analysis

max time kernel
6s
max time network
145s
platform
ubuntu-22.04_amd64
resource
ubuntu2204-amd64-20250307-en
resource tags

arch:amd64arch:i386image:ubuntu2204-amd64-20250307-enkernel:5.15.0-105-genericlocale:en-usos:ubuntu-22.04-amd64system
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28/03/2025, 17:33

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General

Target

na.elf
Size

425KB
MD5

9f8ee42917c6b0f9297d93e73c4ba263
SHA1

69ada039e3f99110b47a1cd434ec8177390545d1
SHA256

218cab59b59cdacd44e2285a6b830e92730ed833157cc59b52616d0835fcfa38
SHA512

16bd38fd76f60227f90b221e44e676daed6e3acd14c8061abf35db9452a8dccd2ae918f59a2d9bdb3bbcf50442e8212f0734a408decd75b550737adc1a645763
SSDEEP

6144:63fxS1fHETSACF2Gzm5DVvSHrKKRH4SCra+HWMiFbcAOXmb4Dsi6wwcitg3:25WOSACZSV6eKRH5EPiamb4DsDwwcn

Score

10^/10

prometei_elf botnet discovery miner persistence privilege_escalation upx

Malware Config

Signatures

Prometei
Prometei is a multiplatform botnet used to mine cryptocurrency.
botnet miner prometei_elf
Prometei_elf family
prometei_elf

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1556	na.elf

Modifies hosts file 1 IoCs

Adds to hosts file used for mapping hosts to IP addresses.

description	ioc	Process
File opened for modification	/etc/hosts	na.elf

Enumerates running processes
Discovers information about currently running processes on the system

Modifies systemd 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

Adds/ modifies systemd service files. Likely to achieve persistence.

persistence privilege_escalation

XDG Autostart Entries

T1547.013

Systemd Service

T1543.002

description	ioc	Process
File opened for modification	/lib/systemd/system/uplugplay.service	na.elf

Write file to user bin folder 1 IoCs

persistence

description	ioc	Process
File opened for modification	/usr/sbin/uplugplay	na.elf

UPX packed file 1 IoCs

Detects executables packed with UPX/modified UPX open source packer.

upx

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/files/fstream-1.dat	upx

Reads CPU attributes 1 TTPs 3 IoCs

discovery

System Information Discovery

T1082

description	ioc	Process
File opened for reading	/sys/devices/system/cpu/online	pgrep
File opened for reading	/sys/devices/system/cpu/online	pgrep
File opened for reading	/sys/devices/system/cpu/online	pgrep

Reads runtime system information 64 IoCs

Reads data from /proc virtual filesystem.

discovery

description	ioc	Process
File opened for reading	/proc/1429/status	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/590/stat	pidof
File opened for reading	/proc/96/status	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/216/cmdline	pidof
File opened for reading	/proc/590/cmdline	pidof
File opened for reading	/proc/1291/status	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/1062/stat	pidof
File opened for reading	/proc/584/cmdline	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/1/cmdline	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/82/status	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/757/status	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/1169/cmdline	pidof
File opened for reading	/proc/22/cmdline	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/88/status	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/588/status	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/17/stat	pidof
File opened for reading	/proc/112/cmdline	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/644/status	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/221/status	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/499/cmdline	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/1546/cmdline	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/14/status	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/88/cmdline	pidof
File opened for reading	/proc/214/cmdline	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/1349/cmdline	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/80/stat	pidof
File opened for reading	/proc/1087/status	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/1192/cmdline	pidof
File opened for reading	/proc/259/stat	pidof
File opened for reading	/proc/920/status	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/1334/cmdline	pidof
File opened for reading	/proc/1087/cmdline	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/768/cmdline	pidof
File opened for reading	/proc/14/cmdline	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/1048/status	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/26/status	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/8/stat	pidof
File opened for reading	/proc/633/status	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/411/status	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/19/cmdline	pidof
File opened for reading	/proc/1154/stat	pidof
File opened for reading	/proc/1056/cmdline	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/74/cmdline	pidof
File opened for reading	/proc/85/stat	pidof
File opened for reading	/proc/726/cmdline	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/373/cmdline	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/411/status	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/784/status	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/225/stat	pidof
File opened for reading	/proc/1049/cmdline	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/410/stat	pidof
File opened for reading	/proc/1181/stat	pidof
File opened for reading	/proc/222/cmdline	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/1119/cmdline	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/24/stat	pidof
File opened for reading	/proc/1139/cmdline	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/1198/cmdline	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/1575/status	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/522/status	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/737/status	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/798/cmdline	pidof
File opened for reading	/proc/373/status	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/769/stat	pidof
File opened for reading	/proc/1088/stat	pidof

/tmp/na.elf
/tmp/na.elf
1⤵
- Deletes itself
- Modifies hosts file
- Modifies systemd
- Write file to user bin folder
PID:1556
- /bin/sh
  sh -c "pgrep na.elf"
  2⤵
  PID:1559
- - /usr/bin/pgrep
    pgrep na.elf
    3⤵
    - Reads CPU attributes
    - Reads runtime system information
    PID:1560
- /bin/sh
  sh -c "pgrep uplugplay"
  2⤵
  PID:1563
- - /usr/bin/pgrep
    pgrep uplugplay
    3⤵
    - Reads CPU attributes
    - Reads runtime system information
    PID:1564
- /bin/sh
  sh -c "pidof uplugplay"
  2⤵
  PID:1571
- - /usr/bin/pidof
    pidof uplugplay
    3⤵
    - Reads runtime system information
    PID:1572
- /bin/sh
  sh -c "pgrep upnpsetup"
  2⤵
  PID:1575
- - /usr/bin/pgrep
    pgrep upnpsetup
    3⤵
    - Reads CPU attributes
    - Reads runtime system information
    PID:1576
- /bin/sh
  sh -c "pidof upnpsetup"
  2⤵
  PID:1585
- - /usr/bin/pidof
    pidof upnpsetup
    3⤵
    - Reads runtime system information
    PID:1586
- /bin/sh
  sh -c "systemctl daemon-reload"
  2⤵
  PID:1587
- - /usr/bin/systemctl
    systemctl daemon-reload
    3⤵
    PID:1588
- /bin/sh
  sh -c "systemctl enable uplugplay.service"
  2⤵
  PID:1622
- - /usr/bin/systemctl
    systemctl enable uplugplay.service
    3⤵
    PID:1623
- /bin/sh
  sh -c "systemctl start uplugplay.service"
  2⤵
  PID:1659
- - /usr/bin/systemctl
    systemctl start uplugplay.service
    3⤵
    PID:1660

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

T1547

XDG Autostart Entries

T1547.013

Create or Modify System Process

T1543

Systemd Service

T1543.002

Privilege Escalation

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

T1547

XDG Autostart Entries

T1547.013

Create or Modify System Process

T1543

Systemd Service

T1543.002

Defense Evasion

Credential Access

Discovery

System Information Discovery

T1082

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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

Filesize
145B

MD5
8ca62d1f47880bce036c2956c9b7b272

SHA1
3bcc3a5c4fcc5b0d08c4524a59f6b8e113b62060

SHA256
c655d3d4e374fad38313ec4262207b2d7d68a870238f203ef3c33f85e66c8e32

SHA512
4cd2d9d67151fa25e833707dee2442c4a5f752053fc2c36ec73c0e2b734c66ca69c63fceb47714d9add5b9fe2eee1e45be5199e2cae7c26173e766b333877da6

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/usr/sbin/uplugplay

Filesize
425KB

MD5
9f8ee42917c6b0f9297d93e73c4ba263

SHA1
69ada039e3f99110b47a1cd434ec8177390545d1

SHA256
218cab59b59cdacd44e2285a6b830e92730ed833157cc59b52616d0835fcfa38

SHA512
16bd38fd76f60227f90b221e44e676daed6e3acd14c8061abf35db9452a8dccd2ae918f59a2d9bdb3bbcf50442e8212f0734a408decd75b550737adc1a645763

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Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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