PUA.Linux.CryptoMiner.AA

April 23, 2019

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 PLATFORM:

Linux

 OVERALL RISK RATING:

 DAMAGE POTENTIAL:

 DISTRIBUTION POTENTIAL:

 REPORTED INFECTION:

 INFORMATION EXPOSURE:

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  Threat Type: Potentially Unwanted Application
• 
  Destructiveness: No
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  Encrypted:
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  In the wild: Yes

  OVERVIEW

This Potentially Unwanted Application arrives on a system as a file dropped by other malware or as a file downloaded unknowingly by users when visiting malicious sites.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

File Size:

228,824 bytes

File Type:

ELF

Initial Samples Received Date:

22 Apr 2019

Arrival Details

This Potentially Unwanted Application arrives on a system as a file dropped by other malware or as a file downloaded unknowingly by users when visiting malicious sites.

Installation

This Potentially Unwanted Application drops the following files:

• /tmp/st
• /dev/null
• /etc/rc.local
• /tmp/rc.local1
• /tmp/.tmpcronFile
• crontabs/tmp.55mDns
• /home/{user}/Documents/.loop

  SOLUTION

Minimum Scan Engine:

9.850

FIRST VSAPI PATTERN FILE:

2.168.40

FIRST VSAPI PATTERN DATE:

22 Apr 2019

VSAPI OPR PATTERN File:

2.169.00

VSAPI OPR PATTERN Date:

23 Apr 2019

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