Overview

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agent_mips

debian-9-mips

6

Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    147s
  • 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
    27/04/2026, 00:16

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General

  • Target
    agent_mips
  • Size 192KB
  • Sample260427-aknwesax21
  • SHA256 641c7ad962204491adf13a985c250aba30c52a843335b28d0c51580bbc5bea6a
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
6/10
defense_evasiondiscoveryexecutionpersistenceprivilege_escalation

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Creates/modifies Cron job 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Cron allows running tasks on a schedule, and is commonly used for malware persistence.

    executionpersistenceprivilege_escalation
  • Creates/modifies environment variables 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Creating/modifying environment variables is a common persistence mechanism.

    persistenceprivilege_escalationdefense_evasion
  • 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.

    persistenceprivilege_escalation
  • Write file to user bin folder 1 IoCs
    persistence
  • Modifies Bash startup script 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
    persistence
  • Changes its process name 4 IoCs
  • Enumerates kernel/hardware configuration 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Reads contents of /sys virtual filesystem to enumerate system information.

    discovery
  • Reads runtime system information 64 IoCs

    Reads data from /proc virtual filesystem.

    discovery
  • System Network Configuration Discovery 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

    discovery
  • Writes file to tmp directory 2 IoCs

    Malware often drops required files in the /tmp directory.

Processes

  • /tmp/agent_mips
    /tmp/agent_mips
    1⤵
    • Creates/modifies environment variables
    • Modifies systemd
    • Write file to user bin folder
    • Modifies Bash startup script
    • Changes its process name
    • Reads runtime system information
    • System Network Configuration Discovery
    • Writes file to tmp directory
    PID:699
    • /bin/sh
      sh -c "systemctl daemon-reload 2>/dev/null"
      2⤵
        PID:703
        • /bin/systemctl
          systemctl daemon-reload
          3⤵
          • Enumerates kernel/hardware configuration
          • Reads runtime system information
          PID:705
      • /bin/sh
        sh -c "systemctl enable vps-agent 2>/dev/null"
        2⤵
          PID:737
          • /bin/systemctl
            systemctl enable vps-agent
            3⤵
            • Enumerates kernel/hardware configuration
            • Reads runtime system information
            PID:738
        • /bin/sh
          sh -c "crontab -l 2>/dev/null"
          2⤵
            PID:753
            • /usr/bin/crontab
              crontab -l
              3⤵
              • Reads runtime system information
              PID:754
          • /bin/sh
            sh -c "(crontab -l 2>/dev/null|grep -v vps-agent|grep -v .syslogd;echo '@reboot /usr/local/bin/.syslogd';echo '*/5 * * * * pgrep -f .syslogd >/dev/null 2>&1||/usr/local/bin/.syslogd &')|crontab - 2>/dev/null"
            2⤵
              PID:755
              • /usr/bin/crontab
                crontab -l
                3⤵
                  PID:758
                • /usr/bin/crontab
                  crontab -
                  3⤵
                  • Creates/modifies Cron job
                  PID:757
                • /bin/grep
                  grep -v .syslogd
                  3⤵
                    PID:760
                  • /bin/grep
                    grep -v vps-agent
                    3⤵
                      PID:759
                  • /bin/sh
                    sh -c "cat /var/spool/cron/crontabs/root 2>/dev/null"
                    2⤵
                      PID:761
                      • /bin/cat
                        cat /var/spool/cron/crontabs/root
                        3⤵
                          PID:762

                    Network

                          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

                          Reconnaissance

                          Resource Development

                          Initial Access

                          Execution

                          Scheduled Task/Job

                          1
                          T1053

                          Cron

                          1
                          T1053.003

                          Persistence

                          Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

                          2
                          T1547

                          XDG Autostart Entries

                          1
                          T1547.013

                          Create or Modify System Process

                          1
                          T1543

                          Systemd Service

                          1
                          T1543.002

                          Event Triggered Execution

                          1
                          T1546

                          Unix Shell Configuration Modification

                          1
                          T1546.004

                          Hijack Execution Flow

                          1
                          T1574

                          Path Interception by PATH Environment Variable

                          1
                          T1574.007

                          Scheduled Task/Job

                          1
                          T1053

                          Cron

                          1
                          T1053.003

                          Privilege Escalation

                          Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

                          2
                          T1547

                          XDG Autostart Entries

                          1
                          T1547.013

                          Create or Modify System Process

                          1
                          T1543

                          Systemd Service

                          1
                          T1543.002

                          Event Triggered Execution

                          1
                          T1546

                          Unix Shell Configuration Modification

                          1
                          T1546.004

                          Hijack Execution Flow

                          1
                          T1574

                          Path Interception by PATH Environment Variable

                          1
                          T1574.007

                          Scheduled Task/Job

                          1
                          T1053

                          Cron

                          1
                          T1053.003

                          Defense Evasion

                          Hijack Execution Flow

                          1
                          T1574

                          Path Interception by PATH Environment Variable

                          1
                          T1574.007

                          Credential Access

                          Discovery

                          System Information Discovery

                          1
                          T1082

                          System Network Configuration Discovery

                          1
                          T1016

                          Lateral Movement

                          Collection

                          Command and Control

                          Exfiltration

                          Impact

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                          Downloads

                          vps-agent
                          • Path /etc/network/if-up.d/vps-agent
                          • Size 36B
                          • SHA256 a9ea462b3df773db181ea45b815febd9d0aab6acc5cc1fdba58bc185065ac979
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                          vpa.sh
                          • Path /etc/profile.d/vpa.sh
                          • Size 71B
                          • SHA256 3294f7928da3e34fe130ddb2f399ef03e982342c1c435d7c6ee4b6bd459c8ad8
                          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
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                          vps-agent.service
                          • Path /etc/systemd/system/vps-agent.service
                          • Size 203B
                          • SHA256 6dc03d866f8d2a6cc78fd51ebeeebf03f9508dbef7dc00d3c7f5a1cab62bf1ab
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                          .vpa.lock
                          • Path /tmp/.vpa.lock
                          • Size 4B
                          • SHA256 829b4a6ccfd1f37671734b229ecc5a75190996d9e076b2a2271333857472cd56
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                          .syslogd
                          • Path /usr/local/bin/.syslogd
                          • Size 192KB
                          • SHA256 641c7ad962204491adf13a985c250aba30c52a843335b28d0c51580bbc5bea6a
                          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
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                          tmp.tlOGFr
                          • Path /var/spool/cron/crontabs/tmp.tlOGFr
                          • Size 280B
                          • SHA256 1f67a9c54a0f7b8b2ce0ca205270a473ba924ecb4840fe33d5302aeb804cda98
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                          Submit Download