prometei_elf | 8dd458b18c7348c46aebf8ad35afa353992e23891efbb01d2151d8d5bf07d5cd

Analysis

max time kernel
6s
max time network
146s
platform
ubuntu-18.04_amd64
resource
ubuntu1804-amd64-20240611-en
resource tags

arch:amd64arch:i386image:ubuntu1804-amd64-20240611-enkernel:4.15.0-213-genericlocale:en-usos:ubuntu-18.04-amd64system
submitted
03/04/2025, 19:28

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General

Target

na.elf
Size

425KB
MD5

bc2f030907b74ead81aafedbec5f28d3
SHA1

9294c7b1896a521a6a5cabca6effad3515afa68d
SHA256

8dd458b18c7348c46aebf8ad35afa353992e23891efbb01d2151d8d5bf07d5cd
SHA512

0547e954cdad0957760a3b7d4339e3a5dce3d063442d501dc2de1ae718d8fbf05cd5b324adcd3dbe0583bb6426ac0422ca219d7360bcdf372d3f8c586fce53c3
SSDEEP

6144:63fxS1fHETSACF2Gzm5DVvSHrKKRH4SCra+HWMiFbcAOXmb4Dsi6wwcitg8:25WOSACZSV6eKRH5EPiamb4DsDwwcs

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
1498	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/171/cmdline	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/18/status	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/130/status	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/527/cmdline	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/668/status	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/1045/cmdline	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/83/stat	pidof
File opened for reading	/proc/179/status	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/1102/cmdline	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/1/stat	pidof
File opened for reading	/proc/7/cmdline	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/21/status	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/27/status	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/1201/cmdline	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/167/stat	pidof
File opened for reading	/proc/964/stat	pidof
File opened for reading	/proc/449/cmdline	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/1126/cmdline	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/1089/cmdline	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/1102/status	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/6/status	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/175/status	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/473/cmdline	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/8/cmdline	pidof
File opened for reading	/proc/32/cmdline	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/249/status	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/343/cmdline	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/510/status	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/170/cmdline	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/457/status	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/2/cmdline	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/1126/cmdline	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/29/status	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/1302/cmdline	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/1191/status	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/3/stat	pidof
File opened for reading	/proc/1494/stat	pidof
File opened for reading	/proc/1025/status	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/1186/status	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/1363/status	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/13/cmdline	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/4/status	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/20/status	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/31/cmdline	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/7/cmdline	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/170/cmdline	pidof
File opened for reading	/proc/26/cmdline	pidof
File opened for reading	/proc/489/stat	pidof
File opened for reading	/proc/167/status	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/449/status	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/511/cmdline	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/343/cmdline	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/84/status	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/208/status	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/3/stat	pidof
File opened for reading	/proc/24/stat	pidof
File opened for reading	/proc/3/cmdline	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/485/stat	pidof
File opened for reading	/proc/723/status	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/81/stat	pidof
File opened for reading	/proc/473/cmdline	pidof
File opened for reading	/proc/1051/cmdline	pidof
File opened for reading	/proc/676/cmdline	pgrep
File opened for reading	/proc/442/cmdline	pidof

/tmp/na.elf
/tmp/na.elf
1⤵
- Deletes itself
- Modifies hosts file
- Modifies systemd
- Write file to user bin folder
PID:1498
- /bin/sh
  sh -c "pgrep na.elf"
  2⤵
  PID:1501
- - /usr/bin/pgrep
    pgrep na.elf
    3⤵
    - Reads CPU attributes
    - Reads runtime system information
    PID:1502
- /bin/sh
  sh -c "pgrep uplugplay"
  2⤵
  PID:1505
- - /usr/bin/pgrep
    pgrep uplugplay
    3⤵
    - Reads CPU attributes
    - Reads runtime system information
    PID:1506
- /bin/sh
  sh -c "pidof uplugplay"
  2⤵
  PID:1519
- - /bin/pidof
    pidof uplugplay
    3⤵
    - Reads runtime system information
    PID:1520
- /bin/sh
  sh -c "pgrep upnpsetup"
  2⤵
  PID:1524
- - /usr/bin/pgrep
    pgrep upnpsetup
    3⤵
    - Reads CPU attributes
    - Reads runtime system information
    PID:1525
- /bin/sh
  sh -c "pidof upnpsetup"
  2⤵
  PID:1528
- - /bin/pidof
    pidof upnpsetup
    3⤵
    - Reads runtime system information
    PID:1529
- /bin/sh
  sh -c "systemctl daemon-reload"
  2⤵
  PID:1530
- - /bin/systemctl
    systemctl daemon-reload
    3⤵
    PID:1531
- /bin/sh
  sh -c "systemctl enable uplugplay.service"
  2⤵
  PID:1552
- - /bin/systemctl
    systemctl enable uplugplay.service
    3⤵
    PID:1553
- /bin/sh
  sh -c "systemctl start uplugplay.service"
  2⤵
  PID:1574
- - /bin/systemctl
    systemctl start uplugplay.service
    3⤵
    PID:1575

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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/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
bc2f030907b74ead81aafedbec5f28d3

SHA1
9294c7b1896a521a6a5cabca6effad3515afa68d

SHA256
8dd458b18c7348c46aebf8ad35afa353992e23891efbb01d2151d8d5bf07d5cd

SHA512
0547e954cdad0957760a3b7d4339e3a5dce3d063442d501dc2de1ae718d8fbf05cd5b324adcd3dbe0583bb6426ac0422ca219d7360bcdf372d3f8c586fce53c3

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Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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