SUSPICIOUS — faf518894303e8eed32039d755927a3ccb42504f0ed2527a7cb7f05300900f98.elf

SUSPICIOUS — faf518894303e8eed32039d755927a3ccb42504f0ed2527a7cb7f05300900f98.elf is a elf sample analyzed by MalwareAnalyzer by Cyble with a suspicious verdict (40/100), attributed to the XMRig family. 3 of 56 detection engines flagged it.

Identification

• SHA-256: faf518894303e8eed32039d755927a3ccb42504f0ed2527a7cb7f05300900f98
• SHA-1: 5df69936d29ee81e80786398cf4b638a9dfd13db
• MD5: db57135458954fe78233fb877bbfe483
• ssdeep: 768:VU+101TLD7zrjbTLD7zrjOm+WuGe2Om+WuGe2Om+WuGe2Om+WuGe25BpxZhJR5B:VU+vKE38PCmIP
• TLSH: T1F430E9B741621726D1BCCE00F1066D7C5082F3FB24BB397B52121E4E66676AFDA320A5
• Submitted as: faf518894303e8eed32039d755927a3ccb42504f0ed2527a7cb7f05300900f98.elf
• File type: elf · Size: 36376 bytes
• Verdict: suspicious (40/100) · Family: XMRig

Source: MalwareBazaar · first seen 2026-08-01T00:00:00.000Z · SHA-256 verified

Detections (3 of 56 engines)

• YARA: Intezer community: INTEZER_Linux_XMRig_Miner
• Emsisoft (Emergency Kit): Trojan.Linux.GenericKD.60054747
• Kaspersky (KVRT): HEUR:Trojan.Linux.Agent.vt

Why this verdict

The suspicious score of 40/100 is the fusion of 2 weighted signals:

• YARA: Intezer community flagged INTEZER_Linux_XMRig_Miner (rule INTEZER_Linux_XMRig_Miner) - engine signal, weight 0.35, confidence 0.70
• Embedded network infrastructure: 27.0.0.1 - static signal, weight 0.35, confidence 0.60

Dynamic analysis (linux)

847 behavior events · 0 ATT&CK techniques · 0 dropped files.

Runtime network

• desktop-hsgcbep
• ntp.ubuntu.com
• 250.255.255.239.in-addr.arpa
• 255.255.254.169.in-addr.arpa
• 2.0.0.0.1.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.2.0.f.f.ip6.arpa
• 251.0.0.224.in-addr.arpa
• 3.0.0.0.1.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.2.0.f.f.ip6.arpa
• b.f.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.2.0.f.f.ip6.arpa
• 252.0.0.224.in-addr.arpa
• ff02::1:3
• 224.0.0.252
• 10.240.0.255
• 224.0.0.251
• 10.240.0.1
• 169.254.255.255
• ff02::fb
• 199.232.138.172
• 239.255.255.250
• 185.125.190.58
• 185.125.190.57

Embedded URLs

• https://api.github.com/repos/xmrig/xmrig/releases/latest

Embedded domains

• api.github.com
• github.com
• pool.supportxmr.com

Embedded IP addresses

• 27.0.0.1

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