Analysis

  • max time kernel
    120s
  • max time network
    139s
  • 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
    17/10/2026, 12:24

General

  • Target
    violet.x86
  • Size 37KB
  • Sample261017-plcbcafw2t
  • SHA256 ffb7826c04fc5bb024605f779f9d067a38b0a28032094f6cf7a37ac76ef280f5
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

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.

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

    Reads data from /proc virtual filesystem.

  • Writes file to tmp directory 4 IoCs

    Malware often drops required files in the /tmp directory.

Processes

  • /tmp/violet.x86
    /tmp/violet.x86
    1⤵
    • Changes its process name
    • Reads runtime system information
    • Writes file to tmp directory
    PID:1540
    • /bin/sh
      sh -c "(crontab -l 2>/dev/null; echo '@reboot /tmp/.violet violet') | crontab - 2>/dev/null"
      2⤵
        PID:1544
        • /usr/bin/crontab
          crontab -
          3⤵
          • Creates/modifies Cron job
          PID:1546
        • /usr/bin/crontab
          crontab -l
          3⤵
            PID:1547

      Network

            MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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            Downloads

            .violet

            • Path /tmp/.violet
            • Size 37KB
            • SHA256 ffb7826c04fc5bb024605f779f9d067a38b0a28032094f6cf7a37ac76ef280f5
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            tmp.oDYvL1

            • Path /var/spool/cron/crontabs/tmp.oDYvL1
            • Size 203B
            • SHA256 73bf6663d9ce994b950363ccd59354da4ad042158177bc74b608ff490988e86a
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH