COINMINER_MALXMR.B-ELF64
HEUR:RiskTool.Linux.BitCoinMiner.b (Kaspersky), Riskware/Miner (Fortinet)
Linux
Threat Type: Coinminer
Destructiveness: No
Encrypted: Yes
In the wild: Yes
OVERVIEW
This Coinminer arrives as a component bundled with malware/grayware packages.
TECHNICAL DETAILS
317,868 bytes
ELF
Yes
20 Jun 2018
Arrival Details
This Coinminer arrives as a component bundled with malware/grayware packages.
Other Details
This Coinminer requires the following additional components to properly run:
- {Malware Directory}\{File Name} detected as → Coinminer_MALXMR.A-BASH (Contains the details for the coin mining routine)
It does the following:
- It modifies Cron/Crontab (Linux Script Scheduler) to execute its coin mining component and run it every time.
- It uses the following details for its coin mining routine:
- pool: x{BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}pto-pool.fr:3333
- wallet: {BLOCKED}ux9NNeTfWe8TLK2UWxCXJvNyCQtNb69YEexdNs711jEaDRXWbwaVe4vUMveKAzAiA4j8xgUi29TpKXpm3zKTUYo
- It runs five instances of coin miner wherein it uses the following names:
- sosmseww
- sosmsea2
- sosmsen2
- sosmsek2
- sosmset2
SOLUTION
9.850
14.328.03
20 Jun 2018
14.329.00
21 Jun 2018
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