Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    151s
  • 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
    06/10/2026, 12:40

General

  • Target
    x86.elf
  • Size 523KB
  • Sample261006-pwffrazsd1
  • SHA256 9f4dcd6f19ff3080229ac21fb70763d4267b0135f646680e3b44b2c383322afa
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Family: xmrig

    XMRig is a high performance, open source, cross platform CPU/GPU miner.

  • Creates/modifies Cron job 1 TTPs 1 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 init.d 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Adds/modifies system service, likely for persistence.

  • Modifies rc script 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

  • Changes its process name 2 IoCs
  • Reads system network configuration 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Uses contents of /proc filesystem to enumerate network settings.

  • Reads runtime system information 64 IoCs

    Reads data from /proc virtual filesystem.

  • Writes file to tmp directory 2 IoCs

    Malware often drops required files in the /tmp directory.

Processes

  • /tmp/x86.elf
    /tmp/x86.elf
    1⤵
    • Creates/modifies Cron job
    • Enumerates active TCP sockets
    • Modifies init.d
    • Modifies rc script
    • Changes its process name
    • Reads system network configuration
    • Reads runtime system information
    • Writes file to tmp directory
    PID:1498
    • /tmp/x86.elf
      .qv3g vps --guardian
      2⤵
      • Changes its process name
      PID:1501

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        qv3b

        • Path /etc/cron.d/qv3b
        • Size 24B
        • SHA256 11911c5bde389370c5b47ffbd3d9f600cdbf87eb2514272aadbffae1eabc12b8
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        .qv3alive

        • Path /tmp/.qv3alive
        • Size 1B
        • SHA256 6b86b273ff34fce19d6b804eff5a3f5747ada4eaa22f1d49c01e52ddb7875b4b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        .qv3b

        • Path /tmp/.qv3b
        • Size 523KB
        • SHA256 9f4dcd6f19ff3080229ac21fb70763d4267b0135f646680e3b44b2c383322afa
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH