File name:

Aqua.i686

Full analysis: https://app.any.run/tasks/2f00d916-3562-4b52-ab23-77569dc0bf61
Verdict: Malicious activity
Analysis date: April 26, 2025, 17:26:03
OS: Ubuntu 22.04.2
Indicators:
MIME: application/x-executable
File info: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV), statically linked, stripped
MD5:

40A2C46B7B1C7E01A2CB63F5BB43B5FF

SHA1:

B425117E1ED2F02CA0E59891A59D42A5EA1237C8

SHA256:

85FD89BD1BC3145F1C9B32818DA47079C9004375481AFDEDA07726D13BDB086F

SSDEEP:

3072:ls2ooP/HJZ99ZELCn+Goa7CxdT+XUJO0UYaKivkXQUp:ls2ooP/HJZ9rELCn+Goa7Cxdq4cYaFMR

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  • MALICIOUS

    • MIRAI has been detected (SURICATA)

      • Aqua.i686.elf (PID: 40664)

  • SUSPICIOUS

    • Reads profile file

      • Aqua.i686.elf (PID: 40662)

    • Checks DMI information (probably VM detection)

      • pipewire (PID: 40675)
      • pulseaudio (PID: 40720)
      • pipewire (PID: 40718)
      • gnome-shell (PID: 40811)

    • Modifies file or directory owner

      • sudo (PID: 40658)

    • Reads passwd file

      • Aqua.i686.elf (PID: 40662)
      • pipewire (PID: 40675)
      • pipewire-media-session (PID: 40676)
      • dbus-daemon (PID: 40696)
      • gdm-session-worker (PID: 40704)
      • pipewire (PID: 40718)
      • gnome-shell (PID: 40811)
      • pipewire-media-session (PID: 40719)
      • dbus-daemon (PID: 40732)
      • dbus-daemon (PID: 40752)
      • ibus-daemon (PID: 40907)
      • ibus-daemon (PID: 41027)
      • gsd-print-notifications (PID: 40926)
      • dbus-daemon (PID: 40846)
      • gvfs-udisks2-volume-monitor (PID: 40853)
      • gsd-media-keys (PID: 40939)
      • gsd-power (PID: 40962)

    • Executes commands using command-line interpreter

      • sudo (PID: 40661)

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

      • dbus-daemon (PID: 40696)
      • dbus-daemon (PID: 40732)
      • dbus-daemon (PID: 40752)
      • gjs-console (PID: 40904)
      • dbus-daemon (PID: 40846)
      • gnome-shell (PID: 40811)
      • gjs-console (PID: 41063)

    • Check the Environment Variables Related to System Identification (os-release)

      • snap-confine (PID: 40721)

    • Connects to unusual port

      • Aqua.i686.elf (PID: 40665)
      • Aqua.i686.elf (PID: 40664)

    • Contacting a server suspected of hosting an CnC

      • Aqua.i686.elf (PID: 40664)

  • INFO

    • Checks timezone

      • gdm-session-worker (PID: 40704)
      • python3.10 (PID: 40802)
      • gnome-session-binary (PID: 40761)
      • python3.10 (PID: 40803)
      • tracker-miner-fs-3 (PID: 40835)
      • dbus-daemon (PID: 40732)
      • gnome-shell (PID: 40811)
      • gsd-print-notifications (PID: 40926)
      • gsd-color (PID: 40919)
      • python3.10 (PID: 40917)
      • spice-vdagent (PID: 41057)

    • Creates file in the temporary folder

      • gnome-shell (PID: 40811)
Find more information about signature artifacts and mapping to MITRE ATT&CK™ MATRIX at the full report
No Malware configuration.

TRiD

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

EXIF

EXE

CPUArchitecture: 32 bit
CPUByteOrder: Little endian
ObjectFileType: Executable file
CPUType: i386
No data.
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Total processes
368
Monitored processes
148
Malicious processes
3
Suspicious processes
5

Behavior graph

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start dash no specs sudo no specs chown no specs chmod no specs sudo no specs aqua.i686.elf no specs locale-check no specs #MIRAI aqua.i686.elf aqua.i686.elf gnome-session-ctl no specs gsd-rfkill no specs gnome-session-failed no specs fusermount3 no specs fusermount3 no specs pipewire no specs pipewire-media-session no specs gnome-session-ctl no specs gnome-session-ctl no specs gnome-session-ctl no specs gnome-session-ctl no specs gnome-session-ctl no specs gnome-session-ctl no specs gnome-session-ctl no specs gnome-session-ctl no specs gnome-session-ctl no specs gnome-session-ctl no specs gnome-session-ctl no specs gnome-session-ctl no specs gnome-session-ctl no specs fusermount3 no specs dbus-daemon no specs pulseaudio no specs dash no specs gnome-session-ctl no specs systemctl no specs gnome-session-ctl no specs dash no specs gdm-session-worker no specs dash no specs dash no specs systemd-user-runtime-dir no specs systemd no specs systemd no specs systemd no specs 30-systemd-environment-d-generator no specs systemd no specs systemd-xdg-autostart-generator no specs systemctl no specs pipewire no specs pipewire-media-session no specs pulseaudio no specs snap-confine no specs tracker-extract-3 no specs dbus-daemon no specs gdm-wayland-session no specs snap-seccomp no specs dbus-run-session no specs gvfsd no specs dbus-daemon no specs xdg-document-portal no specs gvfsd no specs gvfsd-fuse no specs gnome-session-binary no specs fusermount3 no specs xdg-permission-store no specs fusermount3 no specs gst-plugin-scanner no specs snap-confine no specs snap-confine no specs gst-plugin-scanner no specs snap-update-ns no specs session-migration no specs dash no specs gsettings no specs gsettings no specs python3.10 no specs python3.10 no specs dash no specs gsettings no specs gsettings no specs gnome-shell no specs tracker-miner-fs-3 no specs dbus-daemon no specs at-spi-bus-launcher no specs dbus-daemon no specs xwayland no specs gvfs-udisks2-volume-monitor no specs gvfs-mtp-volume-monitor no specs gvfs-gphoto2-volume-monitor no specs gvfs-goa-volume-monitor no specs dbus-daemon no specs goa-daemon no specs dbus-daemon no specs goa-identity-service no specs gvfs-afc-volume-monitor no specs systemd-localed no specs dbus-daemon no specs xdg-permission-store no specs geoclue no specs dbus-daemon no specs dbus-daemon no specs at-spi2-registryd no specs gjs-console no specs gsd-sharing no specs ibus-daemon no specs gsd-wacom no specs python3.10 no specs gsd-color no specs gsd-keyboard no specs gsd-print-notifications no specs gsd-rfkill no specs gsd-smartcard no specs gsd-datetime no specs gsd-media-keys no specs gsd-screensaver-proxy no specs gsd-sound no specs gsd-a11y-settings no specs gsd-housekeeping no specs gsd-power no specs systemd-hostnamed no specs dbus-daemon no specs false no specs ibus-engine-m17n no specs gsd-print-notifications no specs gsd-printer no specs dash no specs xkbcomp no specs fprintd no specs ibus-engine-mozc no specs ibus-engine-unikey no specs ibus-daemon no specs dbus-daemon no specs dash no specs gvfsd no specs xkbcomp no specs ibus-dconf no specs ibus-dconf no specs ibus-daemon no specs dbus-daemon no specs ibus-x11 no specs ibus-portal no specs spice-vdagent no specs xbrlapi no specs dbus-daemon no specs gjs-console no specs ibus-engine-simple no specs tracker-extract-3 no specs gvfsd-metadata no specs

Process information

PID
CMD
Path
Indicators
Parent process
40657/bin/sh -c "sudo chown user /tmp/Aqua\.i686\.elf && chmod +x /tmp/Aqua\.i686\.elf && DISPLAY=:0 sudo -iu user /tmp/Aqua\.i686\.elf "/usr/bin/dash—any-guest-agent
User:
root
Integrity Level:
UNKNOWN
Exit code:
0
40658sudo chown user /tmp/Aqua.i686.elf/usr/bin/sudo—dash
User:
root
Integrity Level:
UNKNOWN
Exit code:
0
40659chown user /tmp/Aqua.i686.elf/usr/bin/chown—sudo
User:
root
Integrity Level:
UNKNOWN
Exit code:
0
40660chmod +x /tmp/Aqua.i686.elf/usr/bin/chmod—dash
User:
root
Integrity Level:
UNKNOWN
Exit code:
0
40661sudo -iu user /tmp/Aqua.i686.elf/usr/bin/sudo—dash
User:
root
Integrity Level:
UNKNOWN
Exit code:
0
40662/tmp/Aqua.i686.elf/tmp/Aqua.i686.elf—sudo
User:
user
Integrity Level:
UNKNOWN
Exit code:
0
40663/usr/bin/locale-check C.UTF-8/usr/bin/locale-check—Aqua.i686.elf
User:
user
Integrity Level:
UNKNOWN
Exit code:
0
40664httpd qua.i686.elf/tmp/Aqua.i686.elf
Aqua.i686.elf
User:
user
Integrity Level:
UNKNOWN
40665httpd qua.i686.elf/tmp/Aqua.i686.elf
Aqua.i686.elf
User:
user
Integrity Level:
UNKNOWN
40666/usr/libexec/gnome-session-ctl --exec-stop-check/usr/libexec/gnome-session-ctl—systemd
User:
user
Integrity Level:
UNKNOWN
Exit code:
0
Executable files
0
Suspicious files
64
Text files
11
Unknown types
0

Dropped files

PID
Process
Filename
Type
40789session-migration/var/lib/gdm3/.local/share/session_migration-(null)text
MD5:—
SHA256:—
40722tracker-extract-3/var/lib/gdm3/.cache/gstreamer-1.0/registry.x86_64.bin (deleted)binary
MD5:—
SHA256:—
40720pulseaudio/var/lib/gdm3/.cache/gstreamer-1.0/registry.x86_64.binbinary
MD5:—
SHA256:—
40720pulseaudio/var/lib/gdm3/.config/pulse/cookiebinary
MD5:—
SHA256:—
40835tracker-miner-fs-3/var/lib/gdm3/.cache/tracker3/files/meta.db-journal (deleted)binary
MD5:—
SHA256:—
40835tracker-miner-fs-3/var/lib/gdm3/.cache/tracker3/files/meta.dbbinary
MD5:—
SHA256:—
40811gnome-shell/tmp/.X1024-locktext
MD5:—
SHA256:—
40811gnome-shell/tmp/.X1025-locktext
MD5:—
SHA256:—
40835tracker-miner-fs-3/var/lib/gdm3/.cache/tracker3/files/ontologies.gvdbbinary
MD5:—
SHA256:—
40835tracker-miner-fs-3/var/lib/gdm3/.cache/tracker3/files/meta.db-shmbinary
MD5:—
SHA256:—
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HTTP(S) requests
2
TCP/UDP connections
35
DNS requests
13
Threats
3

HTTP requests

PID
Process
Method
HTTP Code
IP
URL
CN
Type
Size
Reputation
—
—
GET
204
91.189.91.49:80
http://connectivity-check.ubuntu.com/
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
—
—
GET
204
91.189.91.49:80
http://connectivity-check.ubuntu.com/
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
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Connections

PID
Process
IP
Domain
ASN
CN
Reputation
484
avahi-daemon
224.0.0.251:5353
—
—
—
unknown
—
—
91.189.91.49:80
—
Canonical Group Limited
US
unknown
—
—
169.150.255.180:443
odrs.gnome.org
—
GB
whitelisted
512
snapd
185.125.188.59:443
api.snapcraft.io
Canonical Group Limited
GB
whitelisted
40665
Aqua.i686.elf
193.200.78.28:7733
raw.intenseproxy.zip
—
CH
unknown
40664
Aqua.i686.elf
193.200.78.28:33966
raw.intenseproxy.zip
—
CH
unknown
512
snapd
185.125.188.54:443
api.snapcraft.io
Canonical Group Limited
GB
whitelisted
512
snapd
185.125.188.55:443
api.snapcraft.io
Canonical Group Limited
GB
whitelisted

DNS requests

Domain
IP
Reputation
google.com
  • 142.250.185.238
  • 2a00:1450:4001:829::200e
whitelisted
odrs.gnome.org
  • 169.150.255.180
  • 195.181.170.19
  • 37.19.194.80
  • 195.181.175.40
  • 207.211.211.26
  • 169.150.255.183
  • 212.102.56.178
  • 2a02:6ea0:c700::18
  • 2a02:6ea0:c700::112
  • 2a02:6ea0:c700::21
  • 2a02:6ea0:c700::101
  • 2a02:6ea0:c700::19
  • 2a02:6ea0:c700::107
  • 2a02:6ea0:c700::11
whitelisted
api.snapcraft.io
  • 185.125.188.59
  • 185.125.188.55
  • 185.125.188.58
  • 185.125.188.54
  • 2620:2d:4000:1010::117
  • 2620:2d:4000:1010::6d
  • 2620:2d:4000:1010::42
  • 2620:2d:4000:1010::344
whitelisted
raw.intenseproxy.zip
  • 193.200.78.28
unknown
connectivity-check.ubuntu.com
  • 2620:2d:4000:1::2b
  • 2620:2d:4000:1::23
  • 2620:2d:4000:1::96
  • 2620:2d:4000:1::2a
  • 2620:2d:4000:1::98
  • 2620:2d:4000:1::97
  • 2001:67c:1562::24
  • 2620:2d:4000:1::22
  • 2620:2d:4002:1::198
  • 2001:67c:1562::23
  • 2620:2d:4002:1::196
  • 2620:2d:4002:1::197
whitelisted
7.100.168.192.in-addr.arpa
  • —
unknown

Threats

PID
Process
Class
Message
40664
Aqua.i686.elf
Misc activity
ET INFO Observed DNS Query to .zip TLD
40664
Aqua.i686.elf
Malware Command and Control Activity Detected
BOTNET [ANY.RUN] Possible Mirai.Gen (Linux)
40664
Aqua.i686.elf
Malware Command and Control Activity Detected
BOTNET [ANY.RUN] Possible Mirai.Gen (Linux)
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