Overview

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Static

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killbotx.x86.elf

ubuntu-18.04-amd64

6

Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    150s
  • platform
    ubuntu-18.04_amd64
  • resource
    ubuntu1804-amd64-20260513-en
  • resource tags

    arch:amd64arch:i386image:ubuntu1804-amd64-20260513-enkernel:4.15.0-213-genericlocale:en-usos:ubuntu-18.04-amd64system
  • submitted
    04/08/2026, 13:11

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General

  • Target
    killbotx.x86.elf
  • Size 113KB
  • Sample260804-qe95gabd25
  • SHA256 73229bbc4a24cf0315595b156a52aee04496d152445a9be25e45dc2f38d6d8bc
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
6/10
discoveryexecutionpersistenceprivilege_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
  • Modifies rc script 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Adding/modifying system rc scripts is a common persistence mechanism.

    persistence
  • 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
  • Changes its process name 4 IoCs
  • Reads runtime system information 7 IoCs

    Reads data from /proc virtual filesystem.

    discovery

Processes

  • /tmp/killbotx.x86.elf
    /tmp/killbotx.x86.elf
    1⤵
    • Modifies rc script
    • Modifies systemd
    • Write file to user bin folder
    • Changes its process name
    • Reads runtime system information
    PID:1483
    • /bin/sh
      sh -c "systemctl enable yshgxax6tpc.service >/dev/null 2>&1"
      2⤵
        PID:1490
        • /bin/systemctl
          systemctl enable yshgxax6tpc.service
          3⤵
          • Reads runtime system information
          PID:1493
      • /bin/sh
        sh -c "crontab -l 2>/dev/null"
        2⤵
          PID:1514
          • /usr/bin/crontab
            crontab -l
            3⤵
              PID:1515
          • /bin/sh
            sh -c "(crontab -l 2>/dev/null; echo '@reboot /usr/local/bin/khnwaq0e62u3lab &') | crontab -"
            2⤵
              PID:1516
              • /usr/bin/crontab
                crontab -
                3⤵
                • Creates/modifies Cron job
                PID:1518
              • /usr/bin/crontab
                crontab -l
                3⤵
                  PID:1519

            Network

                  MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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                  tmp.NN8aiy
                  • Path /var/spool/cron/crontabs/tmp.NN8aiy
                  • Size 216B
                  • SHA256 ebdedfb13d8c36a8cc8d3af79eabf3367cdcb7949857e8b535f09be94111c6e2
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
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