File name:

xmme

Full analysis: https://app.any.run/tasks/24734880-de6f-47e3-9637-2819e3f6b31e
Verdict: Malicious activity
Threats:

Crypto mining malware is a resource-intensive threat that infiltrates computers with the purpose of mining cryptocurrencies. This type of threat can be deployed either on an infected machine or a compromised website. In both cases the miner will utilize the computing power of the device and its network bandwidth.

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Analysis date: May 16, 2025, 03:04:34
OS: Ubuntu 22.04.2
Tags:
miner
Indicators:
MIME: application/x-executable
File info: ELF 64-bit LSB executable, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), statically linked, Go BuildID=3DehzShjbPlZVwlmWbj1/onWNAV8bUhr3VUDv7FHa/Hh-bqZSb70SeeUNNGohZ/HWFbJIGpq28Iz24-7sgl, stripped
MD5:

8751FB5F2B07167FD773FEB1AA5F47A1

SHA1:

4B105BC7BBA76451CDF44CC1D18F3D4DAFFD1C15

SHA256:

7B9C0E387D6EFBA74F1BCB1AF2A3F51A2701EC363964ED1CF6CF39202FE0001F

SSDEEP:

98304:MHkCNVsb5iaOhSFsU8S1c8l5vVc95QnFkgSstaJ8wLzCVNDhh34GsMsJPvZ/RzZE:o2jA

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  • MALICIOUS

    • MINER has been detected (SURICATA)

      • systemd-resolved (PID: 445)
      • [kthreaddi] (PID: 40691)

    • Connects to the CnC server

      • [kthreaddi] (PID: 40691)

  • SUSPICIOUS

    • Modifies file or directory owner

      • sudo (PID: 40654)

    • Executes commands using command-line interpreter

      • sudo (PID: 40657)

    • Reads passwd file

      • xmme.elf (PID: 40658)
      • crontab (PID: 40678)
      • ps (PID: 40698)
      • crontab (PID: 40704)
      • ps (PID: 40731)
      • ps (PID: 40748)
      • ps (PID: 40753)
      • ps (PID: 40758)
      • ps (PID: 40710)
      • ps (PID: 40769)

    • Reads profile file

      • xmme.elf (PID: 40658)

    • Reads /proc/mounts (likely used to find writable filesystems)

      • [kthreaddi] (PID: 40688)

    • Checks DMI information (probably VM detection)

      • [kthreaddi] (PID: 40688)

    • Modifies Cron jobs

      • dash (PID: 40702)

    • Potential Corporate Privacy Violation

      • systemd-resolved (PID: 445)
      • [kthreaddi] (PID: 40691)

    • Connects to the server without a host name

      • xmme.elf (PID: 40669)

  • INFO

    • Creates file in the temporary folder

      • xmme.elf (PID: 40669)

    • Checks timezone

      • ps (PID: 40698)
      • crontab (PID: 40704)
      • ps (PID: 40731)
      • j7tbqt4kus (PID: 40721)
      • j7tbqt4kus (PID: 40742)
      • ps (PID: 40748)
      • ps (PID: 40753)
      • ps (PID: 40758)
      • ps (PID: 40710)
      • ps (PID: 40769)
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No Malware configuration.

TRiD

.o | ELF Executable and Linkable format (generic) (49.8)

EXIF

EXE

CPUArchitecture: 64 bit
CPUByteOrder: Little endian
ObjectFileType: Executable file
CPUType: AMD x86-64
No data.
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Total processes
290
Monitored processes
71
Malicious processes
5
Suspicious processes
2

Behavior graph

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start dash no specs sudo no specs chown no specs chmod no specs sudo no specs xmme.elf no specs locale-check no specs bash no specs dash no specs tr no specs mesg no specs cat no specs xmme.elf dash no specs crontab no specs dash no specs dash no specs grep no specs mawk no specs mawk no specs grep no specs xargs no specs [kthreaddi] no specs #MINER [kthreaddi] dash no specs ps no specs grep no specs mawk no specs xargs no specs #MINER systemd-resolved dash no specs dash no specs crontab no specs dash no specs ps no specs grep no specs mawk no specs xargs no specs cron no specs dash no specs j7tbqt4kus no specs j7tbqt4kus no specs dash no specs ps no specs grep no specs mawk no specs xargs no specs cron no specs dash no specs j7tbqt4kus no specs j7tbqt4kus no specs dash no specs ps no specs grep no specs mawk no specs xargs no specs dash no specs ps no specs grep no specs mawk no specs xargs no specs dash no specs ps no specs grep no specs mawk no specs xargs no specs dash no specs ps no specs grep no specs mawk no specs xargs no specs

Process information

PID
CMD
Path
Indicators
Parent process
445/lib/systemd/systemd-resolved/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-resolved
systemd
User:
systemd-resolve
Integrity Level:
UNKNOWN
40653/bin/sh -c "sudo chown user /tmp/xmme\.elf && chmod +x /tmp/xmme\.elf && DISPLAY=:0 sudo -i /tmp/xmme\.elf "/usr/bin/dash—any-guest-agent
User:
user
Integrity Level:
UNKNOWN
Exit code:
0
40654sudo chown user /tmp/xmme.elf/usr/bin/sudo—dash
User:
root
Integrity Level:
UNKNOWN
Exit code:
0
40655chown user /tmp/xmme.elf/usr/bin/chown—sudo
User:
root
Integrity Level:
UNKNOWN
Exit code:
0
40656chmod +x /tmp/xmme.elf/usr/bin/chmod—dash
User:
user
Integrity Level:
UNKNOWN
Exit code:
0
40657sudo -i /tmp/xmme.elf/usr/bin/sudo—dash
User:
root
Integrity Level:
UNKNOWN
Exit code:
0
40658/tmp/xmme.elf/tmp/xmme.elf—sudo
User:
root
Integrity Level:
UNKNOWN
Exit code:
0
40659/usr/bin/locale-check C.UTF-8/usr/bin/locale-check—xmme.elf
User:
root
Integrity Level:
UNKNOWN
Exit code:
0
40660-bash --login -c \/tmp\/xmme\.elf/usr/bin/bash—xmme.elf
User:
root
Integrity Level:
UNKNOWN
Exit code:
0
40661sh -c "cat /usr/etc/debuginfod/*\.urls 2>/dev/null"/usr/bin/dash—bash
User:
root
Integrity Level:
UNKNOWN
Exit code:
256
Executable files
0
Suspicious files
56
Text files
1
Unknown types
0

Dropped files

PID
Process
Filename
Type
40669xmme.elf/tmp/.ErIt4lws/[kthreaddi]o
MD5:—
SHA256:—
40669xmme.elf/tmp/.ErIt4lws/config.jsonbinary
MD5:—
SHA256:—
40669xmme.elf/Q7GfGMit (deleted)binary
MD5:—
SHA256:—
40669xmme.elf/boot/Q7GfGMit (deleted)binary
MD5:—
SHA256:—
40669xmme.elf/boot/grub/Q7GfGMit (deleted)binary
MD5:—
SHA256:—
40669xmme.elf/boot/grub/fonts/Q7GfGMit (deleted)binary
MD5:—
SHA256:—
40669xmme.elf/boot/grub/i386-pc/Q7GfGMit (deleted)binary
MD5:—
SHA256:—
40669xmme.elf/boot/grub/locale/Q7GfGMit (deleted)binary
MD5:—
SHA256:—
40669xmme.elf/boot/grub/x86_64-efi/Q7GfGMit (deleted)binary
MD5:—
SHA256:—
40669xmme.elf/cdrom/Q7GfGMit (deleted)binary
MD5:—
SHA256:—
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HTTP(S) requests
2
TCP/UDP connections
19 662
DNS requests
7
Threats
40

HTTP requests

PID
Process
Method
HTTP Code
IP
URL
CN
Type
Size
Reputation
—
—
GET
204
185.125.190.98:80
http://connectivity-check.ubuntu.com/
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
40669
xmme.elf
GET
—
194.145.227.21:80
http://194.145.227.21/
unknown
—
—
unknown
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Connections

PID
Process
IP
Domain
ASN
CN
Reputation
—
—
185.125.190.98:80
—
Canonical Group Limited
GB
unknown
484
avahi-daemon
224.0.0.251:5353
—
—
—
unknown
—
—
58.105.127.83:8000
—
Microplex PTY LTD
AU
unknown
—
—
105.193.171.157:8000
—
MOBINIL
EG
unknown
—
—
86.64.113.15:8000
—
Societe Francaise Du Radiotelephone - SFR SA
FR
unknown
—
—
123.123.25.91:8000
—
China Unicom Beijing Province Network
CN
unknown
—
—
159.159.223.98:8000
—
—
CA
unknown
—
—
99.202.157.13:8000
—
SPRINTLINK
US
unknown
—
—
47.147.81.83:8000
—
FRONTIER-FRTR
US
unknown
—
—
144.105.120.72:8000
—
DNIC-ASBLK-00721-00726
US
unknown

DNS requests

Domain
IP
Reputation
google.com
  • 142.250.186.142
  • 2a00:1450:4001:828::200e
whitelisted
xmr-eu1.nanopool.org
  • 162.19.224.121
  • 54.37.137.114
  • 51.89.23.91
  • 51.15.193.130
  • 51.15.58.224
  • 141.94.23.83
  • 146.59.154.106
  • 212.47.253.124
  • 51.15.65.182
  • 54.37.232.103
  • 163.172.154.142
whitelisted
14.100.168.192.in-addr.arpa
  • —
unknown
connectivity-check.ubuntu.com
  • 2620:2d:4000:1::2b
  • 2001:67c:1562::23
  • 2620:2d:4000:1::97
  • 2620:2d:4000:1::23
  • 2620:2d:4002:1::198
  • 2620:2d:4000:1::22
  • 2620:2d:4000:1::98
  • 2620:2d:4002:1::196
  • 2620:2d:4000:1::96
  • 2001:67c:1562::24
  • 2620:2d:4000:1::2a
whitelisted

Threats

PID
Process
Class
Message
445
systemd-resolved
Potential Corporate Privacy Violation
ET INFO Observed DNS Query to Coin Mining Domain (nanopool .org)
445
systemd-resolved
Potential Corporate Privacy Violation
ET INFO Observed DNS Query to Coin Mining Domain (nanopool .org)
40669
xmme.elf
Misc Attack
ET DROP Spamhaus DROP Listed Traffic Inbound group 40
40691
[kthreaddi]
Potential Corporate Privacy Violation
ET INFO Cryptocurrency Miner Checkin
—
—
Misc Attack
ET DROP Spamhaus DROP Listed Traffic Inbound group 28
—
—
Misc Attack
ET DROP Spamhaus DROP Listed Traffic Inbound group 30
—
—
Misc Attack
ET DROP Spamhaus DROP Listed Traffic Inbound group 30
—
—
Misc Attack
ET DROP Spamhaus DROP Listed Traffic Inbound group 30
—
—
Misc Attack
ET DROP Spamhaus DROP Listed Traffic Inbound group 3
—
—
Misc Attack
ET DROP Spamhaus DROP Listed Traffic Inbound group 48
No debug info