Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    138s
  • platform
    debian-9_mips
  • resource
    debian9-mipsbe-20260126-en
  • resource tags

    arch:mipsimage:debian9-mipsbe-20260126-enkernel:4.9.0-13-4kc-maltalocale:en-usos:debian-9-mipssystem
  • submitted
    22/04/2026, 16:59

General

  • Target
    pmips.elf
  • Size 95KB
  • Sample260422-vhpp6act2r
  • SHA256 ec068220033a4cddef8358039db341a33937a75f59d89453c8a1bee3f5840554
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Deletes itself 1 IoCs
  • Modifies Watchdog functionality 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Malware like Mirai modifies the Watchdog to prevent it restarting an infected system.

  • Enumerates running processes

    Discovers information about currently running processes on the system

  • Changes its process name 1 IoCs
  • Reads runtime system information 64 IoCs

    Reads data from /proc virtual filesystem.

  • System Network Configuration Discovery 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Adversaries may gather information about the network configuration of a system.

  • Writes file to shm directory 1 IoCs

    Malware can drop malicious files in the shm directory which will run directly from RAM.

Processes

  • /tmp/pmips.elf
    /tmp/pmips.elf
    1⤵
    • Deletes itself
    • Modifies Watchdog functionality
    • Changes its process name
    • Reads runtime system information
    • System Network Configuration Discovery
    • Writes file to shm directory
    PID:716

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        .comm

        • Path /dev/shm/.comm
        • Size 4B
        • SHA256 8d7c10fa712cbe4879ad8595846c24e5083da71b23fb5f3e966005bea31fdaf6
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512